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COPLEY, Charles - Date of
birth
3 April 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Standard, Kanawha County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15116742 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
8 December 1944 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John Copley (father)
Grace D. (Snodgrass) Copley (mother)
Lillian V. Copley (sister)
John Copley (brother)
James M. Copley (brother)
Dorothy J. Copley (sister)
More information
Pfc Charles Copley volunteered for the U.S. Army in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 7 August 1942.He attended high school for 2 years and was a mining-machine operator.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Cox Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman