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KELLY, Charles Robert - Date of
birth
4 August 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36982788 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Light Mortar Crewman -
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Heiderscheid, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 7 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
Bertram Kelly (father)
Isabel C. (Ingles) Kelly (mother)
Shirley I. (McMahan) Kelly (wife)
More information
Pvt Charles R. Kelly was employed Ford Company.He enlisted in May 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.
Pvt Kelly was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in Luxembourg on 16 January 1945. The citation reads in part: "On 16 January 1945, Pfc Kelly, a mortar gunner, observed that two of his comrades had been wounded by sniper fire and were calling for aid from the exposed position where they had fallen. Pfc Kelly, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, crossed the open terrain through intense enemy fire to the two men. Finding one had died from his wounds, Pfc Kelly was rendering air to the other when he was mortally wounded by sniper fire."
Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Marriage Records, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem