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personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead
virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission
part-i-personal-data
first-name: CHARLES
middle-name: JOHN
last-name: WESCHLER
suffix:
home-address: 4625 HIGHVIEW BLVD. ERIE, PA. AND RIVERVIEW AVE PORTS. VA.
county: City Portsmouth
birthplace: ERIE - PA.
date-of-birth:
race: WHITE
sex: Male
height-ft: 6
height-ins:
weight-lbs: 163
marital-status: Married
wife-maiden-name-or-husband
first-name: MARY
middle-name: ALLEN
last-name: EVERETT
suffix:
place-of-marriage: PORTSMOUTH - VA.
date-of-marriage: 1939-05-10
children-1: ANN AMELIA WESCHLER
date-of-birth-1: 1940-12-07
children-2:
date-of-birth-2:
children-3:
date-of-birth-3:
children-4:
date-of-birth-4:
education
elementary-years: 8
high-school-years: 4
college-years: NAVAL ACADEMY 4
other: MASS. INS. TECH. 3 YRS.
degrees:
occupation: LT. U.S. NAVY
religious-affiliation: ROMAN CATHOLIC
citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.
father-s-name
first-name: CHARLES
middle-name: LEO
last-name: WESCHLER
suffix:
mother-s-maiden-name
first-name: FLORENCE
middle-name: MARIE
last-name: ILLIG
2
part-ii-military-record
means-of-entry: Commissioned
date-of-entry: 1932-06-02
place-of-entry: NAVAL ACADEMY
rank-at-entry: ENSIGN
first-served: CONSTRUCTION CORPS.
branch-of-service: NAVY
service-number:
previous-military-education-training-and-service: U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY APPOINTED MIDSHIPMAN 7 - 1928
trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states
camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date:
promoted
from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: MIDSHPMAN 7-28 - ENSIGN 6-2-32 LIEUTENANT IN LINE OF NAVY 7-1-39
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information-about-overseas-service: STATIONED IN 15th NAVAL DISTRICT AT TIME WAR BROKE OUT (IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS) WAS ON BATAAN-CORRIGADOR TAKEN PRISONER AT MINDINAO IN MAY 1942
citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, PURPLE HEART - AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL (BASE CLASP) ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL
circumstances-of-death:
area-of-place-of-death: PACIFIC - NEAR FORMOSA
date-of-death: 1945-01-16
any-other-details-known: WOUNDED IN BOMBING OF PRISON SHIP JAN. 9 - 1945 DIED JAN. 16 1945 BURIED AT SEA.
photograph: No
next-of-kin
prefix:
first-name: MARY
middle-name: ALLEN
last-name: WESCHLER
suffix:
address: 705 RIVERVIEW AVE. PORTSMOUTH - VA.
relationship: WIFE
people-supplying-this-information
prefix:
first-name: MARY
middle-name: ALLEN
last-name: WESCHLER
suffix:
address: 705 RIVERVIEW AVE. PORTSMOUTH - VA.
people-submitting-this-information
prefix:
first-name: MARY
middle-name: ALLEN
last-name: WESCHLER
suffix:
address: 705 RIVERVIEW AVE. PORTSMOUTH - VA.
