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Personal info

Full name
POWELL, Charlie Byron
Date of birth
16 November 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Woodbury, Miller County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
7004098
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan, Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Augustus Powell (father)
Eva L. (Floyd-Grimes) Powell (mother)
Clifton Powell (brother)
Walter Powell (brother)
Harold Powell (brother)
Sara Powell (sister)

More information

Pfc Charlie B. Powell joined the Regular Army in 1939

He was a widower.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, Netherlands.

He is remembered at the graveyard of Pilgrims Rest Church and Cemetery in Colquitt, Miller County.

Source of information:  Georgia Genealogy Network (especially: Desanne Kennedy, Gina Crawley, Cindy Bennett, Sandy Pressler, Deb Raymond and Susan Conrad), Anthony Roller, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, ww2-airborne.us, specialforcesroh.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Duren Williams/John Wagemans