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Personal info

Full name
RICH, Charles Edward
Date of birth
7 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Hometown
Walterville, Lane County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39340846
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Erckartswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 10

Immediate family

Members
James O. Rich (father)
Pearle H. (Cox) Rich (mother)
Margaret E. Rich (sister)
Roy G. Rich (brother)
Wilbur A. Rich (brother)
Laura B. Wallace (half-sister)
June M. (Farrier) Rich (wife)
Lylain J. Rich (daughter)
Larry L. Rich (son)

More information

Sgt Charles E. Rich was a driver before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 15 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Speas Gerritson Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – JoAnn Hagans Harris, www.newspapers.com – The Register Guard - 9 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam