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Personal info

Full name
MYERS, Charles Edward
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-439834
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Roth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Martin L. Myers (father)
Bernarda Myers (mother)
Phylls M. Myers (sister)

More information

Charles E. Myers graduated from William Penn High School and from Gettysburg College in May 1942 at which time he received a commission and was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky, fo further training.

He was well known as a athlete, playing football at both high school and college, basketball at high school and tennis at both places.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Gettysburg Times 3 May 1945 / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily 4 May 1945

Photo source: FOHF, www.newspapers.com - The Gazette and Daily, www.ancestry.com - US School Yearbook William Penn High School