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Personal info

Full name
URICH, Charles Leroy
Date of birth
12 February 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
Hometown
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35883553
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putzweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 37

Immediate family

Members
Alvin E. Urich (father)
Pearl E. (Guilliams) Urich (mother)
Trueza L. Urich (sister)
Phyllis J. (Peterson) Urich (wife)
Larry L. Urich (son)
Nancy J. Urich (daughter)
Judith A. Urich (daughter)
Randy C. Urich (son)

More information

Pvt Charles L. Urich was a bus driver for the Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Railway Company.

He was married to Phyllis June Peterson on 5 August 1940 in Muscatine, Iowa.

He enlisted on 9 January 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Pvt Urich was killed by a shell fragment in the chest.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Bruce Weirauch