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Personal info

Full name
SHIPLEY, Charles Richard
Date of birth
25 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Roseville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Hometown
Newton, Muskingum County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15014745
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive / Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 78

Immediate family

Members
Jonah Shipley (father)
Edith M. Shipley (mother)
Ester A. Shipley (sister)
Alfred L. Shipley (brother)
Rodney J. Shipley (brother)
David H. Shipley (brother)
Billy M. Shipley (brother)
Glena F. Shipley (sister)
Floyd E. Shipley (brother)
Richard Shipley (brother)
William Shipley (brother)
Karl Shipley (brother)
Donald Shipley (brother)
Ruth Shipley (brother)

More information

Sgt. Charles R. Shipley attended high school for two years.

He joined the Regular Army in Columbus, Ohio on 1 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Ohio Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, http://muskingumlibrary.org

Photo source: -, http://muskingumlibrary.org