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Personal info

Full name
HOLMAN, Charles W
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Douglas County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37153170
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 25

Immediate family

Members
John Holman (father)
Bertha (McCormick) Nicholas (mother)
Christina M. Smith (sister)
Kenneth Holman (brother)
Wanda Nicholas (half sister)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Holman enlisted in March 1942 and was sent overseas in December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Omaha World Herald October 1944 added by Loren Bender, AAR 51th Infantry Battalion August thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo / Omaha World Herald October 1944 added by Loren Bender