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Personal info

Full name
TYLER, Charles Milton
Date of birth
6 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Peru, Miami County, Indiana
Hometown
Peru, Miami County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35099179
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Jean, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 41 19

Immediate family

Members
Walter P. Tyler (father)
Anna R. (Newburn) Tyler (mother)
James E. Tyler (brother)
Floyd C. Tyler (brother)
Anna M. Tyler (sister)
Walter H. Tyler (brother)
John R. Tyler (brother)
Rosie Tyler (sister)
Richard L. Tyler (brother)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Tyler was employed at Lee's Furniture before he enlisted on 15 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. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent