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Personal info

Full name
POLTON, Charles Milo
Date of birth
11 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Wellman, Washington County, Iowa
Hometown
Wellman, Washington County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37645060
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gröningen-Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 23

Immediate family

Members
Cleason G. Polton (father)
Marcella M. (Florang) Polton (mother)
Helen M. Polton (sister)
Francis L. Polton (sister
Marjorie I. Polton (sister)
Richard Polton (brother)

More information

Pfc. Charles M. Polton enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 August 1944.

One of the pictures shows the wooden grave marker at the time the Cemetery at Margraten still had a temporary status.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Family Trees / WWII Bonus Case File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Doug Ulin, Caedyn Huston - great nephew