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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Charles Jr
Date of birth
28 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Butler, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36779848
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 41

Immediate family

Members
Charles Williams (father)
Bertha Williams (mother)
Lorena Williams (sister)
Betty Williams (sister)
Irene (Brown) Williams (wife)
Marla M. Williams (daughter)

More information

With his unit Charles Williams fought his way through France and was part of the victory parade in Paris.

He died of the result of a severe shrapnel wound of the hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/

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