Charles T. Strong, formerly of Highland, Indiana
died Saturday, March 6, 2004 in a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Hospital.
Arrangement are by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Funeral Chapels, 1494 Mathis Ferry
Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29484-9293.
Mr. Strong was born February 4, 1925 in Savannah, OK, the son of
Charles Thomas Strong, Sr. and Minnie McIntosh Strong. He graduated
from Emerson High School, Gary, Indiana and retired from Prudential
Insurance Co, Highland, Indiana. He was a U.S. Army World War II
veteran and a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, I Company.
He was also a member of Masonic Lodge #716, Gary, Indiana. Surviving
are his wife, Audrey Sides Strong of Mt. Pleasant, SC and daughter Tracy
Strong Baker and her husband, Dr. John Baker of Mount Pleasant, SC.
Please omit flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of
Charleston, SC, 3896 Leeds Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 |
Charles enlisted in the Army at Indianapolis, IN on 21 June
1941. Pvt Strong was transferred from Field Force
replacement Station #8 to Company I, 508th PIR on 5 April 1944. He was
appointed to the grade of Pfc on 7 August 1944.
Charles was listed as slightly wounded in action on 20
September 1944 but the wound must have been more serious than first assumed.
On 20 December 1944, still in hospital, he was transferred
to the Detachment of Patients.
Pfc Strong was not discharged from the Army until 21
January 1946. His military decorations include the Purple Heart and
the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during Normandy, France Campaign, 6
June 1944 to 9 July 1944, |
