PVT Charles Wesley Singer

PVT Charles Wesley Singer was born 12 Aug 1917 in Hampstead, Maryland. He was the 3rd of the 11 children born to Charles Edward and Mazie Lucinda (Weaver) Singer. His father supported the family as a watchman and farmer. The family had been in Carroll County, Maryland for over 100 years. Our Charles was still living with his family in 1940 and presumably helping on the farm.

Charles had enlisted in the Maryland National Guard on 19 Jun 1939 and was a member of H Company 115th Infantry when the 29th Division was activated on 3 Feb 1941. PFC Singer was relieved from active duty on 11 Nov 1941 and transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps. PVT Singer was recalled to active duty on 7 Aug 1942. We do not know his whereabouts until he was transferred from the replacement depot to F Company 116th Infantry on 15 Jul 1944. PVT Singer was killed in action on 30 Jul 1944.

PVT Singer was repatriated in 1957 and re-interred in the Wesley United Methodist Church Cemetery in Hampstead, Maryland.