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Personal info

Full name
SELMES, Charles Russell
Date of birth
25 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Salem County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42083646
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rischenau-Lüdge-Halle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 11

Immediate family

Members
Russel Selmes (father)
Margaret Selmes (mother)
Lillian Selmes (sister)
Golda L. Selmes (wife)
JoAnn Selmes (daughter)
Golda L. Selmes (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles R. Selmes enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 20 July 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

His half-brother, James U. Simmons, is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Epinal.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment record / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, JoAnn Meissner, daughter - courtesy of Debbie Holloman