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Personal info

Full name
HOLM, Charley August
Date of birth
9 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35652133
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Leonard, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 35

Immediate family

Members
Charley T. Holm (father)

More information

S/Sgt Charley A. Holm enlisted in Huntington, Virginia on 23 February 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / 36thID-roster-part-3.pdf / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf

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