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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Charles Milton
Date of birth
4 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Easton, Buchanon County, Missouri
Hometown
Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37489495
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Assistant Squad Leader
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 45 14

Immediate family

Members
Oscar M. Lewis (father)
Mabel L. (Auxier) Lewis (mother)
Albert Lewis (brother)
Mildred L. Lewis (sister)
Marvin L. Lewis (brother)
Robert G. Lewis (brother)
Vera A. (Cadwell) Lewis (wife)

More information

Sgt Charles M. Lewis was employed at the Billhorn Bowers Peters Incorporation before he enlisted on 25 January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by machine gun fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / A LaFollette Tree, www.findagrave.com – Loren Bender
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Loren Bender