Private
Charles H Coates 
Charles H Coates was born in
He was a Private in B company
of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
His father Edward F. Coates
worked in a shoe factory and his mother was named Julia. He also had 4 sisters
and 2 brothers.
Pvt Coates was enlisted in
the army on May 1st, 1942 in Boston. He had finished school a year ago and was
married.
Pvt Coates is decorated with
the Purple Heart, with the French Croix de guerre, with the
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star and
Arrowhead, of the World War II Victory Medal, the Honorable WWII Lapel Button
service. He also has his patent of Parachute, the Combat Infantryman Badge and
Presidential Distinguished Unit Emblem.
Private Charles H Coates is buried in the
American cemetery of Normandy, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Plot J, Row 25, Grave
32.