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Personal info

Full name
PIERRE, Charles R "Bud"
Date of birth
29 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Clinton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35137501
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 46

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Pierre (father)
Susan E. (Campbell) Pierre (mother)
Mary D. Pierre (sister)
Ruth A. Pierre (sister)
Mary Pierre (sister)
Joseph L. Pierre (brother)
Jean R. Pierre (brother)
Dorothy L. (Wallace) Pierre (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Charles R. Pierre enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 30 March 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in manufacture of paper goods before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Evans Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Astrid