- SURNAME
Zirkle
- FORENAME
Charles Rankin
- UNIT
504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 1 Bn - Bn Surgeon)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
0-419809
- AWARD
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 01.11.1914, Kingston, Tennessee
father Dr George Paul Zirkle (1876-1966)
mother Clara Armenia (nee Bettis) Zirkle (1877-1954)
1945 married Betty "Jean" Collins (1921-????)
son Charles Ian Zirkle (1951-2020)
graduated Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1941 (M.D.)
internship, Deaconess Hospital 1942
2 purple hearts
residency, St Thomas Hospital 1947
surgery in Memphis, Tennessee
resided Knoxville, Tennessee
died 23.01.2012, Kingston, Tennessee
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