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Personal info

Full name
VERBECK, Charles Samuel
Date of birth
29 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska
Hometown
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39607467
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 22 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles Verbeck (father)
Helen M. (Sleeth) Verbeck (mother)
Verla Verbeck (sister)
Nellie G. Verbeck (sister)
Luella M. (White) Verbeck (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles S. Verbeck attended high school for four years and was employed at the Standard Oil Company before he enlisted in Missoula, Montana on 19 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.memorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Smith Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - ladyofhealing