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Personal info

Full name
ANSON, Charles King Jr
Date of birth
4 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
Hometown
Dunellen, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32917049
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles K. Anson (father)
Wilhelmina (Laschitzki) Anson (mother)
Robert F. Anson (brother)
Sarah A. (Weibel) Anson (wife)

More information

Cpl Charles K. Anson Jr. attended high school for four years and was a salesman employed by the Harris Structural Steel Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 22 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Sharon Gallagher, The Courier News - 28 October 1943