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Personal info

Full name
STYPE, Charles Henry
Date of birth
8 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
Hometown
Wayne County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15075005
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
36th Tank Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Lintfort, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 17 31

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Stype (father)
Kathleen C. (Hull) Stype (mother)
Richard P. Stype (brother)
Mary L. (Anderson) Stype (wife)
Sandra S. Stype (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles H. Stype was married to miss Mary L. Anderson in 1943.

Charles Stype received a lieutenant's commission following his graduation from a military school but was discharged from the army. He rejoined the Army by volunteering for the U.S. Army Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio on 30 August 1944. He had been overseas for about five weeks when was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola New Journal / The Evening Review

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola New Journal, www.e-yearbook.com - Massanutten Military Academy Yearbook 1946 (278) Antagonist Webmail Foto Charles H. Stype Margraten 8th Armored Association