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Personal info

Full name
WARTERS, Charley
Date of birth
9 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Deerfield, Jasper County, South Carolina
Hometown
Jasper County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34512517
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 22

Immediate family

Members
William Warters (father)
Sallie (Simmons) Warters (mother)
William Warters (brother)
Isaac Warters (brother)
Julia Warters (sister)
Elizabeth Warters (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Charley Warters was employed at Argent Lumber Company.

He enlisted in Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 5 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920, 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet