Honor Roll student
Charles was an honor student in 9th grade, He enlisted after
completion of another 2 years of schooling.
The News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich,, Tuesday, May
15, 1940
The News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich,, Tuesday, May
24, 1948
(courtesy of "Michigan Mike")
Grave marker for Charles T. Lantry in the Crystal Springs
Cemetery, Fair Plain (Berrien), Michigan.
Pfc Lantry enlisted in the Army on 30 October 1942. Having
volunteered for parachutist duty he was immediately trans-ferred to Camp
Blanding, FL where he was assigned to the 508th PIR, HQ Company, 2nd
Battalion |
Benton Harbor Paratrooper Killed In France Invasion
Pfc. Charles T. Lantry, Benton Harbor paratrooper, was killed in action
June 12 in France, the War department has notified his mother, Mrs.
Vivian Hollis, 639 East High street, this week. Lantry's father, the
late Thomas Charles Lantry of the Chicago Police department, served as a
sergeant 17 months in France in World War I, with the 132nd division.
Lantry attended Benton Harbor high school and enlisted on October 15,
1942. In civilian life he had been employed by the Kroger Grocery and
Baking company and by the Big Bear Market in Benton Harbor. One of the
first Benton Harbor men to join the paratroopers, he is the first of
them to be killed in action in the invasion. He received his paratrooper
wings on March 5, 1943. The last letter his mother, and his step-father,
Charles Hollis, received from him was dated May 20, a few days before
D-Day. Lantry's brother, Cpl. Timothy Lantry, in the Army, has been on
overseas duty since August 1943. He is stationed in Australia.
(The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI,
Thursday, June 29, 1944, p. 1, Col. 2-3) |
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Parachutist's
Body Scheduled
To Be Returned |
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Pfc Charles T.
Lantry Mrs.
Charles Hollis, 636 East High street, has been notified that the
body of her son, Pfc. Charles T. Lantry, who was killed June 12,
1944, in the France invasion, will arrive in Benton Harbor via
the C. & O. railroad on Thursday afternoon at 1:24 o'clock.
Pfc. Lantry entered the Army Air Force on Oct. 30, 1942, and was
a member of the 508th parachute infantry, receiving his wings as
a United States parachutist on March 5, 1943, at Fort Benning
Ga.
His father, the late Thomas Charles Lantry of the Chicago police
department, served 17 months in France in World War I. |
Young Lantry attended Benton Harbor high school and was employed
by the Kroger Grocery and Baking company and by the Big Bear
market in Benton Harbor.
He was one of the first men to join the paratroopers from Benton
Harbor and was one of the first of them to be killed in action
in the invasion.
Lantry is survived by his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hollis, and one brother, Timothy B. Lantry, of Benton
Harbor, who also served in the armed forces, and an uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mulhern of Oak Park, Ill.
Upon arrival the body will be taken to the Florin funeral home,
where funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial will follow in Crystal Springs cemetery.
The News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Mich,, Tuesday, May
24, 1948 |
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Parachutist's
Body ReturnedThe body of
Pfc. Charles T. (Chuck) Lantry, Benton Harbor paratrooper, has been
returned to the United States from Europe and is now at the
quartermaster depot in Chicago awaiting shipment by rail to the Florin
funeral home. Pfc. Lantry, son of Mrs. Vivian Hollis, 639 East High
street, was killed in action June 12, 1944, in France during the
European invasion following D-Day, June 6. One of the first Benton
Harbor men to join the paratroopers, he was the first of them to be
killed in action in the invasion. His father, the late Thomas Charles
Lantry of the Chicago Police department, served as a sergeant with the
132nd division in France for 17 months during World War I. Pfc. Lantry
attended Benton Harbor high school and enlisted in the Army on Oct. 30,
1942. He received his wings as a U. S. parachutist on March 5, 1943. In
civilian life he had been employed by the Kroger Grocery and Baking
company and by the Big Bear market here. His brother, Timothy Lantry,
639 East High street, served as a corporal in the Army during the war,
with overseas duty in the Pacific theater.
(The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor,
MI, Wednesday, May 5, 1948, p. 19, Col. 5) |
