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Personal info

Full name
ALBERT, Charles Lee
Date of birth
20 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Greenville County, South Carolina
Hometown
Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34896178
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 63

Immediate family

Members
Ruby Albert (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles L. Albert enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 1 December 1943.

He had been overseas three months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina)
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina)