Charles Wheeler Thayer (1910-1969) - Find A Grave Memorial

Charles Wheeler Thayer

Birth	9 Feb 1910 Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	27 Aug 1969 (aged 59) Salzburg, Austria
Burial	Church of the Redeemer Cemetery Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot	115
Memorial ID	17843130 View Source

Birth

9 Feb 1910

Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

27 Aug 1969 (aged 59)

Salzburg, Austria

Burial

Church of the Redeemer Cemetery

Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot

115

Memorial ID

17843130 View Source

Parents: George Chapman and Gertrude May (Wheeler) Thayer.
Husband of Cynthia (Dunn) Cochrane Thayer. Married: March 27, 1950.

U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1937, 1940; Berlin, 1937-38; Hamburg, 1939-40; Kabul, 1943; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; head of the State Department's international broadcasting division, including the "Voice of America", 1947-49; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1952-53.

He was fluent in Russian, French, German, Spanish, Serbian, Italian, Bulgarian, Slovene, and Persian.

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Parents

George Chapman Thayer

1860–1923
Gertrude May Wheeler Thayer

1878–1964

Spouse

Cynthia Lousia Dunn Thayer

1922–1987

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