Charley Lockhart

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Technician Fourth Grade - WWII

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American


Entered service on 19 March 1942 at Chicago, Illinois. Served with the 4th Armored Division 35th Tank Battalion US 3rd Army 12th Army Group in the European Theater. Campaigns: Normandy Northern France Ardennes and Rhineland. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for burns received when the tank he was driving ran over a mine on 20 March 1945 in Germany. Discharged on 19 October 1945.