Name:
Charles Irwin Moon
Rank:
Technician 4th Grade
Serial Number:
37248824
Unit:
37th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
I
Row:
10
Grave:
13
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
Charles Irwin Moon was born on November 29, 1907 in Nowata County, Oklahoma. He entered the military service in Kansas and served in the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Technician Fourth Grade during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944 at the age of 36 at Omaha beach on D-day and is now buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.