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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Charles Edwin
Date of birth
26 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Hometown
Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33233328
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 25

Immediate family

Members
Marion N. Williams (father)
Queenie E. (Faulkner) Williams (mother)
Louis W. Williams (brother)
Salena B. Williams (sister)
Wanita R. Williams (sister)
Martin V. Williams (brother)
James O. Williams (brother)
Addison L. Williams (brother)
Marion C. Williams (brother)
Ethel I. (Emenheiser) Williams (wife)
Donna Williams (daughter)
Larry L. Williams (son)

More information

Pvt Charles E. Williams was employed at the Army Marietta Depot before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 12 June 1942. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – CYW / www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era 7 December 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / CYW