PVT Charles William Prescott Jr.

courtesy of Gordon Hunter

PVT Charles William Prescott Jr. was born 9 Jul 1925 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He was the only child of Charles William and Laura Mae Prescott. His father worked for grandfather William Prescott's roofing firm in Carnegie. His parents divorced after 1930 and his father re-married in 1937.

Charles was drafted in September 1943. After his basic military training he was sent to the European theater in March 1944. He was transferred from the replacement depot to B Company 116th Infantry on 16 Jun 1944. He fought with the unit until wounded on 14 Jul 1944 and evacuated to hospital. PVT Prescott died of his wound(s) on 20 Jul 1944. 

PVT Prescott was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Chartiers Cemetery in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.