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Personal info

Full name
CHAMBERS, Charles James
Date of birth
22 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36734469
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 30

Immediate family

Members
Michael Chambers (father)
Winnifred (Callahan) Chambers (mother)
Mary W. Chambers (sister)
Michael T. Chambers (brother)
Thomas J. Chambers (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Charles J. Chambers was employed at the American Decalmania Company before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Cook County Birth Certificates Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy