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Personal info

Full name
SERNECK, Charles
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36018843
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 43 13

Immediate family

Members
Theresa Serneck (mother)
John Serneck (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles Serneck enlisted in the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 10 April 1941.

He worked as a shipping clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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