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Personal info

Full name
CHARPENTIER, Roger E
Date of birth
11 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31320536
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edouard J. H. Charpentier (father)
Laura F. (Morin) Charpentier (mother)
Carmen Charpentier (sister)
Roland R. Charpentier (brother)
Georgette Charpentier (sister)
Pauline J. Charpentier (sister)
Charles L. Charpentier (brother)
Eva J. Charpentier (sister)
Cecile T. Charpentier (sister)
Edward R. Charpentier (brother)
Constance Charpentier (brother)

More information

Pfc Roger E . Charpentier was employed at the Wood & Smith Shoe Co. in Auburn before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 16 March 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Coulombe Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.newspapers.com - Sun-Journal - 5 November 1943 / 29 December 1944