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Personal info

Full name
SWEET, Charles Orin
Date of birth
18 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Camas, Clark County, Washington
Hometown
Camas, Clark County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39197220
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Létricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 40 36

Immediate family

Members
Glenn A. Sweet (father)
Minnie L. (Kirkpatrick) Sweet (mother)
Ralph Sweet (brother)
Jean M. Sweet (sister)
Patrice C. Sweet (sister)
Kathleen M. Sweet (sister)
Lois Sweet (brother)
Mahlon Sweet (brother)
Shirley Sweet (sister)
Robert P. Sweet (brother)
Janett M. Sweet sister)
Betty F. Sweet (sister)
Marjoy A. Sweet (sister)
Glen A. Sweet (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles O. Sweet attended high school for two years and was a routeman employed by the Burch Service station before he enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 18 December 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
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