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Personal info

Full name
DINGESS, Charley
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wayne County, West Virginia
Hometown
Siltner, Wayne County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15064755
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 55

Immediate family

Members
William Dingess (father)
Sarah Dingess (mother)
Harley Dingess (brother)
William H. Dingess (brother)

More information

Sgt. Charley Dingess enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky, on 10 December 1940.

He worked at the National Mattress Co. before he enlisted.

He was first buried on the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.Newspaperarchives.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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