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Personal info

Full name
PUNTENEY, Charles Edward
Date of birth
9 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37699132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Altenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Frank M. Punteney (father)
Clarissa I. Punteney (mother)
Hazel I. Punteney (sister)
Eli Punteney (brother)
Eva J. Punteney (sister)
Rudolph P. Punteney (brother)
Gladys Punteney (sister)
Marguerite Punteney (sister)
Venita Punteney (sister)
Melvina Punteney (sister)
Dorothy L. (Bownes) Punteney (wife)
Patsy Punteney (daughter)
Charlene B. Punteney (daughter)
Charles Punteney (son)
Larry Punteney (son)
Donna R. Punteney (daughter)
Dorothy Punteney (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles E. Punteney was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 26 June 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / various family trees, www.newspapers.com - Council Bluffs Nonpareil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Council Bluffs Nonpareil