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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Charles Elliott
Date of birth
25 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14190049
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 2

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Walters (father)
Alice C. (Ledbetter) Walters (mother)
Willie H. Walters (brother)
Charles J. Walters (brother)
Penn Walters (brother)
Florence A. Walters (sister)
Cordelia Walters (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles E. Walters attended college for two years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Raleigh, North Carolina on 27 November 1942. He was sent overseas September 1944.

He is remembered at the Deep River Friends Meeting Cemetery in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lanela’s Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Ann Ono Mouse / Brad N Carolina
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Kathy Merris Mills, www.ancestry.com – William Bailey