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Personal info

Full name
WALTER, Charles Melvin
Date of birth
5 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Claysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Richland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35534822
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Ward Walter (brother)
Jay Walter (brother)
Lois M. (Pennywitt) Walter (wife)
James D. Walter (son)
Nancy Walter (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Walter attended high school for 2 years and was a welder before he enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 1 May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - K Flati Sweat, www.newspapers.com - New Journal Ohio 30 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - K Flati Sweat