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Note: Charles was born in Perry Township Fayette County Pennsylvania. He attended Perry Township Schools.
In 1917 he was in Wadsworth Ohio where he was an ironworker. He enlisted into the United States Army joining Company G 146 Infantry 37th Division on May 30 1917.He served overseas in Belgium and France receiving a souvenir of shrapnel in the back of the head (newspaper item in M. J. King scrapbook). He was made Corporal April 1918. Discharged April 9 1919.
He was a house painter and wallpapered for a living after the war until the start of World War 2 when he went to work for Jones-Laughlin on the Mononghela River hauling supplies to and from the Steel Mill. On retirement the family moved to Harrisburg to be close to family.
In 1927 Charles joined the LaFayette Drum and Bugle Corps of Post #51, and was active through the 1930's.
sources; enlistment and discharge papers, birth certificate file #345 of 1951 register #4 pp265 Fayette Co Pa--land deeds-death certificate # A311465
Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War,
1917-1918, Volumes I-XXIII. Columbus, OH: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1926.
Name: Charles E. McIntire
Serial Number: 1521673
Race: W
Residence: Barberton, O.
Enlistment Division: National Guard
Enlistment Location: Wadsworth, O.
Enlistment Date: 30 May 1917
Birth Place: Perryopolis, Pa.
Birth Date / Age: 21 2/12 Years
Assigns Comment: Co G 8 Infantry ONG (Co G 146 Infantry) to Discharge
Private, first class 22 Oct 1917; Corporal 11 May 1918. Meuse-Argonne;
Defensive Sector. Wounded In Action slightly 28 Sept 1918. American
Expeditionary Forces 15 June 1918 to 31 March 1919. Honorable discharge 9
Apr 1919.
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