Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
CHARLES, Milford John
Date of birth
7 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Library, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33399280
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Landau in de Pfalz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 9

Immediate family

Members
John C. Charles (father)
Emma A. (Degenkolb) Charles (mother)
Ellenor Charles (sister)

More information

Pfc Milford J. Charles was employed by the Pittsburgh Coal Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 7 November 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Palombi III Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Republican 4 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Uriah Prosser / nepper