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Personal info

Full name
PRITCHARD, Charles F
Date of birth
13 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Lockport, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
32554430
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 15 4

Immediate family

Members
Emmanual Pritchard (father)
Ethel Pritchard (mother)
Thomas Dunn (stepfather)
John Pritchard (brother)
Richard Pritchard (brother)
Irene Pritchard (sister)
Roy Dunn (half-brother)
Perry Dunn (half-brother)
Margaret Dunn (half-sister)
Claire H. Pritchard (wife)
Barbara A Pritchard (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles F. Pritchard enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 27 October 1942. He received his training at Camp Roberts, California, Camp Howes, Texas and Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.

His brother John served in Italy.

On the picture he poses with his wife.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/, Medina Daily Journal, 6 December 1944, New York Census 1925

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Thomas Pritchard