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DALTON, Charles E - Date of
birth
25 May 1925 -
Age
19 -
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Webb, Wayne County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35774223 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Roth-Obersgegen-Gentingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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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: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Kentucky Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, AAR 53rd Inf. Battalion July 44 thru May 1945, FindaGrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Incognito