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Personal info

Full name
DALTON, Charles E
Date of birth
4 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Webb, Lawrence County, West Virginia
Hometown
Lawrence County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35774223
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Roth-Obersgegen-Gentingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Scott Dalton (father)
Gracie N. (Fowler) Dalton (mother)
Allen C. Dalton (brother)
Burthan Dalton (brother)
William T. Dalton (brother)
Burley E. Dalton (brother)
Benjamin H. Dalton (brother)
Billie Dalton (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles E. Dalton enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 11 September 1943.

Source of information: AndrĂ© Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, AAR 53rd Inf. Battalion July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten