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Personal info

Full name
MAYES, Charles W
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Michigan, Alcona County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36459624
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 20 18

Immediate family

Members
John F. Mayes (father)
Myrtle M. (Richart) Mayes (mother)
Richard W. Mayes (brother)
John A. Mayes (brother)
Joseph F. Mayes (brother)
Ileana A. Mayes (sister)
James H. Mayes (brother)
Enid A. Mayes (brother)
Myrtle M. Mayes (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Mayes enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, Bien and Donovan Sprouts

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