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Personal info

Full name
PAXTON, Charles Edwin
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
20726560
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Treis Karden-Hatzenport, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Edwin M. Paxton (father)
Helen Paxton (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Charles E. Paxton graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1938 and attended the University of Kansas. He was employed as a librarian.

He joined in the National Guard on 23 December 1940.

S/Sgt Paxton was reported wounded in action on 16 February 1945 in Luxembourg and returned to duty four days later.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. School Yearbooks / A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. & James G. Bilder, www.newspaperarchive.com - Lawrence Daily Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel, www.ancestry.com - University of Kansas Yearbook 1940