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Personal info

Full name
BACKES, Charles Buchel Jr
Date of birth
13 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38496454
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 19 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Backes (father)
Henrietta A. (Dendinger) Backes (mother)
Margaret A. Backes (sister)
Melvin B. Backes (brother)
Edgar C. Backes (brother)
Bernadine G. Backes (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles B. Backes Jr. attended high school for two years and was a bookkeeping machine operator before he enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on 16 July 1943.

He is remembered at the Garden of Memories in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Backes Wendling Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jill Weaver / Mike & Busjy Hartman