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Personal info

Full name
EARNEST, Charles Lawrence
Date of birth
17 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1313385
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 77

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Earnest (father)
Margaret E. Earnest (mother)
R. T. Whittaker (stepfather)
Thomas R. Earnest (brother)
Elaine M. (Foster) Earnest (wife)
Charles T. Earnest (son)
Jacklyn M. Earnest (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Charles L. Earnest volunteered for the US Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10 July 1942.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist apprentice.
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 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten