Charles R. Guild

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/03/1944

Charles Raymond Guild was born in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York on December 24, 1915.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by Covert Manufacturing Company
in Watervliet, New York.

He was drafted into the Army on May 22, 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He listed his home of residence
as Rensselaer County, New York and his civilian occupation as Foreman, manufacturing.
He had completed four years of High School and was married.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company A from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 21, 1944.

Private Guild was killed in action in Germany, on the last day of the 22nd Infantry's participation
in the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, just as the Regiment was being relieved.

The entry for Charles R. Guild in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of December 1944.
Note that he was initially listed as Missing In Action which was later changed to Killed In Action.

Courtesy of John Tomawski

From The Times Record, Troy, N.Y. Tuesday January 23, 1945

Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Charles R. Guild was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in New York.

Burial:
Sand Lake Union Cemetery
Sand Lake
Rensselaer County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 4L

Grave marker for Charles R. Guild

Photo by Edmund C. Dodge from the Find A Grave website

Grave monument for the Thompson/Guild families.
The name of Charles R. Guild is inscribed at the bottom right with Infantry crossed rifles.

Photo by Edmund C. Dodge from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Charles R. Guild from The Times Record, Troy, N.Y. Tuesday January 23, 1945
courtesy of Julien Woestyn

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