World War II. Enlisted 1942.
USNR - Machinst's Mate First Class
Dates of declarations:
July 2, 1944 Date of Death, Missing in Action
January 16, 1946 Died in Service, presumed dead
In 1956, Mrs. Bernice L. Congdon, Ithaca, New York applied for a military gravestone for Charles Alfred Root to be placed in Willow Glen.
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Charles A. Root married Miss Bernice L. Horton on June 17 1939, Dryden, New York.
Note:
Charles Root is also memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines .
Above dates are from Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
World War II. Enlisted 1942.
USNR - Machinst's Mate First Class
Dates of declarations:
July 2, 1944 Date of Death, Missing in Action
January 16, 1946 Died in Service, presumed dead
In 1956, Mrs. Bernice L. Congdon, Ithaca, New York applied for a military gravestone for Charles Alfred Root to be placed in Willow Glen.
____
Charles A. Root married Miss Bernice L. Horton on June 17 1939, Dryden, New York.
Note:
Charles Root is also memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines .
Above dates are from Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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