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Personal info

Full name
BATES, Charles H
Date of birth
1 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Rices Landing, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33937339
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Drove, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 61

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Bates (father)
Gertrude E. (Fry) Bates (mother)
Ruth E. Bates (sister)
Louis E. Bates (brother)
Bertha M. Bates (sister)
Ronald L. Bates (brother)
Kenneth Bates (brother)
Nancy Bates (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles H. Bates enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 29 April 1944. He worked on a farm before he enlisted. He was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action.

Pvt Charles H. Bates first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block VVV, Row 10, Grave 195.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Max Poorthuis, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.16thinfantry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten