Sergeant Charles C Peckham
Service#  32281987 
82nd Arborne/17th Airborne/507th PIR
Company "B"


Sgt Peckham was born in 1913 in New York 
 and was killed in action on Friday January 19, 1945 during the Battle of the 
Bulge, Belgium.
 
Sgt Peckham is the son of Charles Peckham [b.1867 in Parma, Monroe Co. 
NY] a railroad engineer and the son of Laura Peckham [b. 1880 in Canada, 
came to the US in 1880].

The 1930 US Census for Buffalo, Erie County, NY shows Sgt Peckham 
residing at # 263 Summers Place with his parents and sister Connie [b.1915 
in NY]. Sgt Peckham was employed as a railroad messenger. Also at this 
address is Sgt Peckham's married sister Mildred Peckham Standart [b. 1906 
in Buffalo] and her husband James Standart. 
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Sgt Peckham enlisted in the Army on April 24 1942 at Buffalo, NY  His 
enlistment records states Charles had completed 1 year of high-school, was 
5'10", 170 lbs and was divorced.

During Operation Neptune [June 6, 1944] Sgt Peckham parachuted from his 
C-47 Troop Transport airplane with Tail#43-15137, #40 in the Chalk, #13 in 
line. Peckham is listed on this jump-roster as a T/5.  


Sgt Peckham was awarded the Bronze Star Purple Heart Medal with Oak 
Leaf Cluster and the Croix de Guerre Unit Citation  [French], the European-
African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star and 
Arrowhead, World War II Victory Medal,  WWII Honorable Service Lapel 
Button, Parachute Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge and the Presidential 
Distinguished Unit Emblem.
 
Sgt Peckham is interred at the Henri Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.  
at   Plot 'H'   Row "8'   Grave '39'.