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Personal info

Full name
TALLON, Charles Arnold
Date of birth
10 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32931484
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
Neuburg am Inn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William Tallon (father)
Hazel Tallon (mother)
Edward Tallon (brother)
Bessie Tallon (sister)
Harold Tallon (brother)
Irene Jones (stepsister)
Blanches Jones (stepsister)
Frances (Tucker) Tallon (wife)
Sandra R. Tallon (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles A. Tallon worked for Trico Products in Buffalo, New York.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 April 1943.

On the photo, Pvt Tallon poses with the insignia of the a paratrooper on his garrison cap. For some reason he completed the paratrooper training but was transferred to an infantry regiment.

His grandparents immigrated from Ireland.

Note: The database of ABMC mentions Pvt Tallon as being a member of the 269th Infantry Regiment. This is a mistake. He was a member of the 259th Infantry Regiment. This is mentioned correctly on the Tablets of the Missing at Luxembourg Cemetery.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1925 Census /1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Richmond County Journal - 10 September 1945 - courtesy of Old Postcards