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Personal info

Full name
SYKES, Charlie Woodrow
Date of birth
14 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Tyrell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Roper, Washington County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34464646
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sapois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 10

Immediate family

Members
Winfield S. Sykes (father)
Nettie E. Sykes (mother)
Lucy M. Sykes (sister)
John S. Sykes (brother)
Mary R. Sykes (sister)
Minnie M. Sykes (sister)
Myrtle M. Sykes (sister)
Clarence A. Sykes (brother)
Martha A. Sykes (sister)
Ralph Sykes (brother)
Annie M. (Parker) Sykes (wife)

More information

Pfc Charlie W. Sykes attended high school for one year and was a production worker, employed by the North Carolina Pulp Company.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 25 November 1942.

He was wounded in action near Rupt-sur-Moselle on 29 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy