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Personal info

Full name
DILBECK, Charles W
Date of birth
16 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Claiborne County, Tennessee
Hometown
Habersham, Campbell County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34043306
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 6 40

Immediate family

Members
Lum Dilbeck (father)
Alice Dilbeck (mother)
Thomas Dilbeck (brother)
Willie Dilbeck (brother)
Lassie Dilbeck (sister)
Agnes P. Dilbeck (sister)
Willard Dilbeck (brother)

More information

Pfc Delbeck was killed by schrapnel in the abdomen.

He was initially buried in an temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 17 October 1944. He was disinterred on 24 October 1947 and given his final resting place on 28 June 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/ 1940 Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten