2nd Lt. Charles August Vollmer
Born: 13 October 1919 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Charles J. Vollmer & Clara Sandkohl-Vollmer
Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers
Home:
– 1211 South Fourth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Emerson School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1937
– The University of Illinois
– Bachelor of Science – Commerce/Business
– Class of 1943
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Charles Joseph Vollmer – father
– registered while a student at the University of Illinois
Enlisted:
– 10 February 1943
Serial Number: O&515945
Training:
– Fort Sill – Lawton, Oklahoma
– Fort Meade, Florida
– Camp McCain, Grenada, Mississippi (WWII slides of camp)
Unit: B Company, 336th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Engagements:
– Battle of France
Died:
– wounded – 24 June 1944
– died of wounds – 25 June 1944
Buried:
– 24 June 1949 – Rock Island National Cemetery – Rock Island, Illinois
– Section: E Site: 359
Medals:
– Purple Heart
