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Pvt Charles David Horn

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Pvt Charles David Horn Veteran

Birth
Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Dec 1944 (aged 25)
Luzery, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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CHARLES D. HORN, PVT
Radioman
U.S. Army Serial No. 32347935
101st Airborne Division
1st Battalion
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
A Company
Awarded: Bronze Star & Purple Heart
PVT Charles D. Horn enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 3 June 1942.
He was a radioman and when his radio broke down he was given a rifle. He was killed on 22 DEC 1944 near Luzery, Belgium when his unit was in reserve near the railroad bridge.
*** His brother Harry R. Horn is buried next to him at Netherlands-American Cemetery at Plot L, Grave 14, Row 21.
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PVT Charles David Horn was born in 1919, in Indiana.
He and his family were from Henry County, Indiana.
George E. Horn (father)
Myrtle L. Horn (mother)
Earnest Horn (brother)
Alice O. Horn (sister)
Harry R. Horn (brother)
Martha B. Horn (sister)
CHARLES D. HORN, PVT
Radioman
U.S. Army Serial No. 32347935
101st Airborne Division
1st Battalion
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
A Company
Awarded: Bronze Star & Purple Heart
PVT Charles D. Horn enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 3 June 1942.
He was a radioman and when his radio broke down he was given a rifle. He was killed on 22 DEC 1944 near Luzery, Belgium when his unit was in reserve near the railroad bridge.
*** His brother Harry R. Horn is buried next to him at Netherlands-American Cemetery at Plot L, Grave 14, Row 21.
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PVT Charles David Horn was born in 1919, in Indiana.
He and his family were from Henry County, Indiana.
George E. Horn (father)
Myrtle L. Horn (mother)
Earnest Horn (brother)
Alice O. Horn (sister)
Harry R. Horn (brother)
Martha B. Horn (sister)

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Indiana.



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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56299908/charles_david-horn: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Charles David Horn (12 Dec 1919–21 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56299908, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).