WW2 Memorial Card of Sgt. Charles McMillan
Charles was a U.S. Soldier serving as a rank of Sgt. According to the card, he was born on May 22nd 1916. He was killed near Essen, Germany on April 7th 1945. In the memorial pamphlet you can see a section with a poem that was found in his bible. Also in the pamphlet are some excerpts from some of the letters he sent home.
A very poignant piece of ephemera. From the Findagrave website:
Husband of Dorothy Morgan (m. 18 Mar 1943)
Father of Richard Morgan McMillan (age 8 months)
Sgt Charles H Mc Millan enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 25 March 1941. He was a hotel clerk before he enlisted.
The third picture shows his original grave with still a wooden cross. The fourth picture was taken during a visit of relatives.
Sgt McMillan was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: On 7 April 1945, after the encirclement of the enemy was accomplished and the process of cleaning out enemy resistance within the circle begun, the observation post group, including Sgt McMillan and two air-liasion officers started to check the position on the flank of the battalion, when they came under fire from enemy from their rear.
After a fire fight, the enemy was driven off, one of the liasion officers was missing and it was surmised that he had returned in the direction from which the group had come. Sgt Mc Millan volunteered to search for the officer and also to convey information to the companies regarding the enemy activity. Successfully reaching the companies under enemy fire, he found the officer and started back to the observation post group. About twenty minutes later, Sgt McMillan's body was found, riddled by seventeen bullets. Interrogation of subsequently captured enemy soldiers revealed that a force of eight or ten enemy opened fire on him with machine pistols and he had valiantly returned fire until his death.
Very touching. Thank you for the info!
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