YANDELL

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Personal Details

  • Last Name: YANDELL
  • First Name Middle Initial: CHARLES
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  • Street:  PO BOX 69
  • Country &State:
  • City: PINEVILLE, NC
  • State: 
  • Postal Code: 28134
  • Phone: 704-889-8821
  • E-Mail:  linday.dove@home.com
  • Spouse: Frances Eubanks
  • Age when entered service:
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  • War or Conflict: WWII
  • Theater of operations: ETO
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  • Branch of Service/s: Army Air Corp
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  • Date of Discharge / Retirement (circle):
  • Highest Rank: new_value
  • Military MOS (Job Descriptions): Army Air Corp Navigator
  • What military medals received: POW PURPLE HEART
Military Bio:

Charles Yandell was a navigator for the 390 Bomb Group 570th Squadron. On a Mission to Duseldorf, Germany his plane was shot down and 4 of the crew members died with 5 men surviving. Charles spent the next 9 months as a POW in Luft 1. His fellow crew members were Robert Gallager, Murle Rodda, Leonard Gilky, Ed Duseck,Joe costa, Edward Marshall, Ballard,and Hayes. Charles is a former member of the METROLINA EX-POW chapter.

My Message to Future Generations:

Post Military Occupation

  • Age when captured:
  • Date of Captured: 9/9/44
  • Place captured: Northern Germany
  • Camp/s held:
  • Date Released: 6/10/45
  • Prisoner-of-war status: Liberated
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  • Died from complications of combat wounds:
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