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Personal info

Full name
HENLEY, Charles Leo
Date of birth
9 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Marietta, Robeson County, North Carolina
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33455768
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mortagne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 42

Immediate family

Members
Carry W. Henley (father)
Cora L. Henley (mother)
William C. Henley (brother)
Lloyd G. Henley (brother)
Barbara N. Henley (sister)
Nell Henley (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles L. Henley attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk employed by the Peoples Drug Store in Washington DC before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 27 February 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 - 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