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Personal info

Full name
BANDY, Charles Pearson
Date of birth
13 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri
Hometown
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37637856
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Charles Bandy (father)
Emily (Mahan) Bandy (mother)
James V. Bandy (brother)
Edward R. Bandy (brother)
Pearl B. Bandy (sister)
Rose P. Bandy (sister)
Frances (Cole) Bandy (wife)

More information

Pvt Charles P. Bandy worked in a textile factory.

He was married to Miss Frances Cole on 22 January 1944.

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 13 April 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York - 4 April 1945, http://76thdivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Pike County Chronicle - 16 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery