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Personal info

Full name
URBANAVAGE, Charles Joseph
Date of birth
17 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33367939
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 29

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Urbanavage (father)
Anna (Stefanowicz) Urbanavage (mother)
Edward Urbanavage (brother)
Eleanor A. Urbanavage (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles J. Urbanavage enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Republican and Herald Pottsville, Pennsylvania - 13 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Republican and Herald Pottsville, Pennsylvania - 2 December 1944