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Personal info

Full name
KREIDER, Charles Dale
Date of birth
15 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35797183
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 23

Immediate family

Members
Harry C. Kreider (father)
Elvira (Senseman) Kreider (mother)
Edith Kreider (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles D. Kreider was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 3 April 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Stickel Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Piqua Daily Call


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier