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Personal info

Full name
STARCHER, Charles Amos
Date of birth
1 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35657293
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Starcher (father)
Annie L. Starcher (mother)
Dessie Starcher (sister)
Jane E. Starcher (sister)
Admiral Starcher (brother)
Dallas T. Starcher (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles A. Starcher enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/194/194_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Terrie Edgell