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Personal info

Full name
HOSKINS, Charles Lounsbury
Date of birth
27 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36980833
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brandenburg – Landscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Mark H. Hoskins (father)
Doris (Lounsbury) Hoskins (mother)
Hadley Hoskins (brother)
William Hoskins (brother)

More information

Pvt Charles L. Hoskins attended Lancaster High School.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Canoy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / elli