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GROTH, Charles William - Date of
birth
23 May 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Riverview, Kankakee County, Illinois -
Hometown
McHenry County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36353123 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
17 November 1944 - Place of
death
France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 31 | 19 |
Immediate family
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Members
Charles Groth (father)
Marie M. (Freund) Groth (mother)
Herman F. Groth (brother)
Margaret Groth (sister)
Albert E. L. Groth (brother)
Edward O. Groth (brother)
Bernice E. Groth (sister)
Alvina Groth (sister)
Helen E. Groth (sister)
Arlene Groth (sister)
More information
Pvt Charles W. Groth enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 June 1942.Prior to entering the service he had been employed on the George Boal farm on Route 47 just north of Woodstock for eleven years. Groth came to Woodstock from Chicago when he was just a youngster. He started to work on the Boal farm and continued to make his home there until called to service. For a number of years the Boals sponsored barn dances at their farm and it was during those years that Groth became well acquinted with folks from around the community. Pvt Groth had been overseas about three months. He did not linger long in England before being sent into active duty in France. Pvt Groth had three brothers in the army. His sister, Mrs. Joseph Jahnke lived in Chicago and his parents had died in 1930-1931.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Karen L. Freeland, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com – 50thAIB, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel