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Charles Thomas "Charlie" Arrington

6 Aug 1908 – 27 Apr 1993

Birth	6 Aug 1908
Death	27 Apr 1993
Cemetery	Quanah Memorial Park Quanah , Hardeman County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jeanette Perrin Coaly on 12 Oct 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120581060

Bio

Prisoner of War - Silver Star Charlie Arrington enlisted in the U.S. Army in November 1942 at Abilene, Texas. In June 1944, he was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division when it spearheaded the airborne assault of Sainte-Mère-Église hours before the seabourne launch of D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry. On September 23, 1944, he was reported missing in action over Holland. His family was notified in December that he was being held as a prisoner of war by the German government. He was released and returned to Quanah for a 60-day furlough in July 1945. Charlie married Edith Scarlet c1936 and they had a son who died in infancy. Shortly after returning from service in WWII, they divorced, and Charlie married Mary Klapper Walkup in December 1945. After her death in March 1971, and the death of Edith’s husband earlier that year, Charlie and Edith reunited and were married in Quanah on November 13, 1971. (Thank you for Bio contributed by Mitzi Fay – # 47237008)

Inscription

PFC US Army World War II

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Family

Parents

• Ener Richardson Arrington 1879–1961
• M Dean Arrington 1880–1918

Spouse

• Carrie Edith Scarlett Arrington 1911–1979
• Mary Kathleen Klapper Arrington 1912–1971

Siblings

• Opal Exter Arrington McGee 1902–1996

Children

• Charles Scarlett Arrington 1938–1938

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