Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of S/Sgt. Charles H. Strickland, 
3 January 1944

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The following appeared in the Post Searchlight Newspaper................

S-Sgt. Charles H.  Strickland
Killed In Action In Belgium


Mrs. Johnnie Louise Strickland was recently informed by the War Department 
that her husband, S/Sgt. Charles H. Strickland, was killed in action in 
Belgium, January 3, 1944.

S/Sgt. Strickland was born in Decatur County, spending most of his life 
here.  He was graduated from the Climax Hih School in 1938 and entered the 
service on January 6, 1942.  He received his training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., 
where he remained as an instructor until July 15, 1944.  At that time he was 
sent to Camp Clairborne, La., for one month before going overseas in 
September.

Survivors include his wife and little son, Charles Herschell, born January 
6, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Strickland;  two sisters,  Isabel and 
Sara Agnes, and one brother, Ben Hill, Jr., all of Bainbridge.