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Personal info

Full name
BOUCHARD, Charles Wilfred
Date of birth
11 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11008866
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 4 11

Immediate family

Members
Emile Bouchard (father)
Antoinette (Gouthier) Bouchard (mother)
Jeanette Bouchard (sister)
Wilfred Bouchard (brother)
Jeannette Bouchard (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles W. Bouchard joined the Regular Army in Springfield, Massachusetts on 13 October 1941. He was a welder before he joined the army.

He was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on 1 January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, WWII Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Judy Bouchard-Marsche (niece)