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Personal info

Full name
REINERT, Charles Albert
Date of birth
12 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33773205
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rouves, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 61

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Reinert (father)
Irene M. (Barth) Reinert (mother)
Idella M. Reinert (sister)
Mary E. Reinert (sister)
Lucie A. Reinert (sister)
Irene B. Reinert (sister)
Hilda E. (Slack) Reinert (wife)
Carol M. Reinert (daughter)
Charles Reinert (son)

More information

Pfc Charles A. Reinert was a mucker in a coal mine before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 9 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Paul Families of Pennsylvania / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications / Pennsylvania Coal Employment Records, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent, Homefront Magazine - Vol. 4, 1 Janyary 1945