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Personal info

Full name
SCHANE, Charles E
Date of birth
3 December 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
McMechen, Marshall County, West Virginia
Hometown
Marshall County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35082752
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 December 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Schane (father)
Alice M. (Grant) Schane (mother)
Wilma B. Schane (sister)
Mary E. (Alexander) Schane (wife)
Jane A. Schane (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles E. Schane enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 21 April 1944.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1900/1920/1940 Census / West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jane Ann Harlan