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Personal info

Full name
FINNELL, Charles Roscoe
Date of birth
1 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34904826
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 41 26

Immediate family

Members
Bascom T. Finnell (father)
Hettie A. (Higgins) Finnell (mother)
Leona G. Finnell (sister)
Una I. Finnell (sister)
Roger T. Finnell (brother)
Myrtle E. Finnell (sister)
Nell E. Finnell (sister)
Ralph E. Finnell (brother)
Charlotte A. Finnell (sister)
Claudia S. (Whitaker) Finnell (wife)
Charles K. Finnell (son)

More information

Pvt Charles R. Finnell attended college for one year and was employed by the Royal Crown Bottling Company before he enlisted at Camp Forrest, Tennessee on 13 July 1944.
He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Charles Clark Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Tennessean 30 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jon Strupp