SGT Charles D. Price was born near Everett, Pennsylvania on March 6th, 1911. He registered for the draft on October 16th, 1940 and was inducted in to service on March 13th, 1942. Bouncing around bases, he was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indiana), Camp Wallace (Texas), Fort Bliss (Texas) where he served with 402nd Coastal Artillery, Norfolk, Virginia, and finally Camp McCoy (Wisconsin) where he joined C-Company, 304th Infantry Regiment in the 76th Division.
Shipping overseas with the unit on Thanksgiving Day, 1944, SGT Price entered combat at the Luxembourg/Germany border in the town of Echternacht in February of 1945. Except for a broken thumb, SGT Price came through the war unscathed. He settled down after the war in Flint, Michigan where he was an automotive technician, and marrying Phyllis Sullier in 1948. He passed away on his birthday in 1988 at the age of 77.
This grouping came to me in two different lots directly from the vet’s grandson. The C-Company yardlong was first purchased and framed and the untouched Ike jacket came to me almost a year later. The grandson was able to provide numerous original photos with it as he wanted all of Price’s wartime items to stay together.
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