- SURNAME
Flanagan
- FORENAME
Charles Claibon
- UNIT
2 Ranger Bn (Company C)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
34132826
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Sunflower, Mississippi
born 20.01.1920, Mississippi
father Jesse L. Flanagan (1890-1954)
mother Mary Alice Flanagan (1890-1965)
1 year high school
civil occupation Farm hands, general farms
single without dependents upon enlistment
22.08.1941 enlisted Camp Shelby, Mississippi
09.1944 WIA
21.09.1945 discharged
wife Kathleen (nee Griffin) Flanagan (1915-1978)
died 18.10.1995 (Aged 75)
Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, Mississippi, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Charles C. Flanagan (ASN: 34132826), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 2d Ranger Infantry Battalion, V Corps, in action on the coast of France on 6 June 1944.
