Name and Rank, Technician Fifth Class Charlie Tarlton.
Unit/Placed in, 77th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, United States Army.
Charlie was born on approx. 26 May 1918 Alabama.
Father, Grien Tarlton
Mother, Elsie Tarlton.
Brothers, George and Green Tarlton.
Charlie entered the service from Alabama with service number # 34103354.
Charlie Tarton was a Tec5 in the 77th Anti Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.
Charlie Tarlton died non battle , on July 8, 1944, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charlie is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial,Manila, Metro Manila.
National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Because Charlie and his unit were from African-American origin and segregation was high then, there is nothing to find about him.
