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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Charles Vernon
Date of birth
2 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa
Hometown
Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37695645
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 7 27

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Mitchell (father)
Myrtie B. (Howell) Mitchell (mother)
Ernest F. Mitchell (brother)
Clarence A. Mitchell (brother)
Marybell Mitchell (sister)
Roy Mitchell (brother)
Vera M. Mitchell (sister)
Jesse E. Mitchell (brother)
Emily M. Mitchell (sister)
Leo Mitchell (brother)
Helen R. (Mason) Mitchell (wife)
Janice M. Mitchell (daughter)
Dennis P. Mitchell (son)
Richard A. Mitchell (son)
Donald E. Mitchell (son)

More information

Pvt Charles V. Mitchell was employed by the Estherville Cooperative Creamery and for some time he was manager of the Farmers Produce Station before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 20 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - P Mitchell