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Personal info

Full name
TODD, Charles William
Date of birth
22 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Hometown
New Richmond, Montgomery County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35357974
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 55

Immediate family

Members
Omer L. Todd (father)
Mary A. (Grubb) Todd (mother)
Ruby E. Todd (sister)
Ruth V. Todd (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Todd attended Jackson Township High School and was a lineman and telegraph, telephone and power serviceman before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 19 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Lore Apple, www.newspapers.com - Journal and Courier 27 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Lore Apple