Alabama State > Winston County, Army and AAF > C. C. Henderson

Charles C. Henderson

Sergeant, US Army Air Forces

Service #14171196

Assigned to an
Unknown Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces

Died in 1944
Officially Listed as Died Non Battle

Final Burial Location or Memorial Marker:
Corinth Heights Baptist Church Cemetery,
Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama, USA

FindAGrave.com Memorial 61389428

Awards:

American Campaign
Service Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Awards Note: Depending on the location where SGT Henderson died, he may be entitled to either the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal or the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

SGT Henderson was born in 1920 and National Archive Records show he entered the
US Army Air Corps from Fort McClellan, Winston County, Alabama, Enlisting on October 29, 1942.

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 27, Winston County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 1

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

14171196

NAME

HENDERSON CHARLES C

RESIDENCE: STATE

41 - ALABAMA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

133 - WINSTON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4130 - FT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

10/29/1942 - October 29, 1942

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

BRANCH: CODE

20 - Air Corps

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

5 - Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

0 - Civil Life

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1919(?) Find A Grave states birth year as 1920

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

1 - White, citizen

EDUCATION

4 years of high school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

475 - Machinists

MARITAL STATUS

6 - Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

6 - Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0166, 2.23

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