Kettering Charles Edward

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Charles Edward Kettering is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Ranger Names Plaque - Pointe du Hoc

Name:

Charles Edward Kettering

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

20312414

Unit:

2nd Ranger Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Charles Edward Kettering was born on June 7, 1920, in Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Peter Simon Kettering and Clara Johnson Kettering.

Charles had four years of high school and had a civil occupation as a architect. He was single without dependents upon enlistment. He entered military service in Erie, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1941. Charles served in Company D, 2nd Ranger Battalion, as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944, at the age of 23, at Pointe du Hoc, during the American assault on Omaha and Utah beaches in France. SSgt Ketering is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.