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BILLITER, Charles Monroe - Date of
birth
4 October 1905 -
Age
38 - Place of
birth
Lincolnville, Wabash County, Indiana -
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35500044 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 September 1944 - Place of
death
The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | 2 |
Immediate family
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Members
William M. Billiter (father)
Inez (Darrow) Billiter (mother)
Alta B. Billiter (sister)
Bernadette A. Billiter (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Charles M. Billiter enlisted at Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 25 March 1942.He attended Marion High School. His interest was focused on the theatre. In his senior year he left school to move with his family to Cleveland, where he became an interior decorator and actor.
His final battle was the Battle for Holland in September 1944. Operation Market Garden planned to secure a bridgehead on the Rhine. German resistance was fierce. Billiter's group made it to the bridge at Nijmegen on the Waal Canal, which was a costly achievement. His citation read that he was killed in action when his unit was surrounded by Germans at the bridge in Holland on Sept 28, 1944.
S/Sgt Billiter was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Molenhoek, Netherlands Block B, Row 2, Grave 26.
Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, William F. Munn, www.307th.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.307th.org, Yearbook Marion High School - 1923, www.findagrave.com - Patti Johnson / Cleveland Plain Dealer