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Personal info

Full name
DIETZEL, Charles Thomas
Date of birth
10 October 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
New Albany, Franklin County, Ohio
Hometown
Hartford, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35625208
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 March 1946
Place of death
Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 23 36

Immediate family

Members
William W. Dietzel (father)
Ruth E. (McCalla) Dietzel (mother)
Dotha I. Dietzel (sister)
Margaret H. Dietzel (sister)
Robert W, Dietzel (brother)
Richard E. Dietzel (brother)
William E. Dietzel (brother)
Ronald B. Dietzel (brother)
Harold D. Dietzel (brother)
Mary Dietzel (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles T. Dietzel enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 23 January 1943.

He was accidentally shot while standing guard duty at Regensburg, Germany on 5 December 1945. He died of his wounds in the 98th General Hospital that was stationed in Munich at that time.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Dietzel Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Leslie Wolfe

Photo source: Licking County Library "In the Company of Heroes"