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Personal info

Full name
GROVES, Charles A
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Benton, Cedar County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37496145
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Near Schwanheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 41 16

Immediate family

Members
Arthur M. Groves (father)
Mary E. (Wooley) Groves (mother)
Clyde O. Groves (brother)
Floyd G. Groves (brother)
Harold D. Groves (brother)
Lewis L. Groves (brother)
Linsy W. Groves (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kelly's Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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