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Personal info

Full name
CHALFIN, Charlie Walter
Date of birth
29 August 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34044768
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Steffeshausen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 5

Immediate family

Members
John W. Chalfin (father)
Emma L. (Eaton) Chalfin (mother)
Bessie D. Chalfin (sister)
Maybell Chalfin (sister)

More information

Cpl Charlie W. Chalfin was a fireman before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 24 May 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Burns Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Dorothy Hare Wigginton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nathan Reynolds