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Personal info

Full name
BACHMAN, Charles Egbert
Date of birth
3 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Croghan, Lewis County, New York
Hometown
Castorland, Lewis County, New York

Military service

Service number
32948996
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bennwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 2

Immediate family

Members
Peter F. Bachman (father)
Ethel A. (Squires) Bachman (mother)
Chester S. Bachman (brother)
Clara (Jones) Bachman (wife)

More information

Pvt Charles EW. Bachman was married to Clara Jones on 15 August 1938.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 23 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson