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Personal info

Full name
STONEMAN, Charles Milford
Date of birth
19 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Scott, Marion County, Ohio
Hometown
Marion, Marion County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35617922
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ and Service Company,
309th Engineer Combat Battalion,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 19 6

Immediate family

Members
Albert L. Stoneman (father)
Bertha A. (Healy) Stoneman (mother)
Alfred L. Stoneman (brother)
Esther I. Stoneman (sister)
Flossie M. Stoneman (sister)
James M. Stoneman (brother)
Naomi L. (Hart) Stoneman (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles M. Stoneman at the Scioto Ordnance Plant before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 9 December 1942.

On 19 December 1944 while he was in the mess hall, the German Lufwaffe attacked the area were the 309th Engineers were camped out. A bomb hit the mess hall, killing and wounding an unknown number of men, including Pfc Stoneman.

His brother James served in the South Pacific.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, WWII Memorial, Fold3, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Bert Jansen