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Personal info

Full name
PRESCOTT, Charles Douglas
Date of birth
28 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591437
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 17 26

Immediate family

Members
Albert D. Prescott (father)
Lillian B. (Thompson) Prescott (mother)
Jack Prescott (brother)
Mary A. Prescott (sister)
Frances J. (Moore) Prescott (wife)
Suzanne Prescott (daughter)
Sally Prescott (daughter)
Charles D. Prescott (son)

More information

Sgt Charles D. Prescott graduated from Stronghurst High School in 1933 and from Knox College in 1937. He was an employee of the General Mills before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 26 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Carlson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star Minnesota 11 May 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jill, www.knox.edu/99lives - Photo courtesy of Knox College Seymour Library, Special Collections and Archives, Galesburg, Illinois