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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Charles
Date of birth
16 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut
Hometown
New London County, Connecticut
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31314058
Rank
Private First Class
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
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 4 8

Immediate family

Members
Isadore Miller (father)
Lottie Miller (mother)
Solomon Miller (brother)
Caroline Miller (sister)
Dorothy Miller (sister)
Joseph Miller (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles Miller graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1942. He was employed as a shipfitter at the Electric Boat Company as a pattern and model maker.

He enlisted on 4 February 1943 in Hartford, Connecticut and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov

Photo Source: Peter Schouteten / Ken Kaufman - Somerset County Library System of New Jersey