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Personal info

Full name
GREAVES, Charles Everton
Date of birth
17 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Saint Lucy, Barbados
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32407696
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Faulquement - Bambiderstroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 29

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Greaves (father)
Marbel (Coziers) Greaves (mother)
Clifton S. Greaves (bother)
Ruby B. (Phillips) Greaves (wife)

More information

T/5 Charles E. Greaves was a welder before he enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 17 July 1942.

He was hit by small arms fire in the scapular region.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draftcards Young Men / Greaves Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent