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Personal info

Full name
WIEDERHORN, Charles B
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12137117
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 18 10

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Wiederhorn (father)
Clara Wiederhorn (mother)
Louis Wiederhorn (brother)
Sylvia Wiederhorn (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles B. Wiederhorn attended college for one year before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Newark, New Jersey on 14 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://14thad.org
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