WWI · Battle Death Record
Charles Powell
Private, U.S. Army · California
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Charles Powell
- Entered the Service From
- California
- Rank
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- August 7, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 39, Grave 1
Their story
Private Charles Keith Powell, a recent Claremont High School graduate from California, served in Company G, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, during the Second Battle of the Marne. He was killed in action on 7 August 1918 while crossing the Vesle River in the bow of an assault boat, struck in the forehead by a bullet. He is buried at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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