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Personal info

Full name
STICHLER, Charles
Date of birth
4 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
32800261
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 September 1944
Place of death
Near Bourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 39

Immediate family

Members
August Stichler Sr. (father)
Johanna (Reichert) Stichler (mother)
August Stichler Jr. (brother)
Robert Stichler (brother)
Mary Stichler (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles Stichler was employed at Brooklyn Navy Yard.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / August Stichler Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy