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Personal info

Full name
MC COMMON, Charles J
Date of birth
7 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Butler County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33679407
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Allen Mc Common (father)
Christoper H. Kummer (stepfather)
Anna Mc Common (mother)
Warren E. Mc Common (brother)
Helen V. Mc Common (sister)
Richard J. Mc Common (brother)
Wallace U. Mc Common (brother)
Betty I. Mc Common (sister)
Mary L. Mc Common (sister)
Wilson F. Mc Common (brother)
Arthur J. Mc Common (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles J. Mc Common enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, United States Census, 1930
Photo source: Peter Schouteten