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Personal info

Full name
BONIFIELD, Charles William
Date of birth
14 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36860053
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Andolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 25

Immediate family

Members
Clarence M. Bonifeld (father)
Neoma (Scherer) Bonifield (mother)
Helen L. Bonifield (sister)
Harold Bonifield (brother)
Helen Bonifield (sister)
Donald C. Bonifield (brother)
Betty J. Bonifield (sister)
Harold L. Bonifield (brother)
Evelyn M. Bonifield (sister)
Joan Bonifield (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Bonifeld attended Fordson High School.

He was killed during the crossing of the canal.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Fordson High School 1942