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Personal info

Full name
FOX, Charles Edward
Date of birth
21 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Hometown
Byington, Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34883883
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verzevelle – Domfaing, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 48

Immediate family

Members
Charles Fox (father)
Leoma Fox (mother)
Freeman Fox (brother)
James W. Fox (brother)
William Fox (brother)
John E. Fox (brother)
Cleo Fox (brother)
O.H. Fox (brother)
George K. Fox (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles E. Fox attended high school for one year and was employed by the Sanford-Day Tron Works.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 24 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy