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Personal info

Full name
KNOWLES, Charles William Jr
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11131855
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Knowles (father)
Marion C. Knowles (mother)
Richard G. Knowles (brother)

More information

Charles W. Knowles Jr. attended high school for four years.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 May 1943. He trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He was shipped overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Arlington High School 1943