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TIMBERLAKE, Charles Jerome "Jerry" - Date of
birth
23 January 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa -
Hometown
Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1062540 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Platoon Commander -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 January 1945 - Place of
death
Ourthe, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 13 | 26 |
Immediate family
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Members
Charles W. Timberlake (father)
Eva M. Timberlake (mother)
Eva M. Timberlake (sister)
Mildred M. (Wright) Timberlake (wife)
More information
2nd Lt Charles J. Timberlake graduated from Macalester College with high honors in 1943.He had been overseas less than a month when killed.
Per Allen Howerton: On 23 January, somehow, we learned that Timberlake was hit and died instantly, a victim of either the first round of small arms fire or the mortars. The handsome young Minnesota native, fresh out of OCS, became our twentieth fatality and the first Company K officer to die in battle. Timberlake was leading the second platoon that morning.
Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, ABMC, National Archives, https://www.facebook.com - Allen Howerton memoirs "“Dear Captain, et al.: the Agonies and the Ecstasies of War and Memory, a Memoir from World War II.", www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Waterloo Daily Courier 8 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, www.ancestry.com - Macalaster College Yearbook 1942, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune