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Charles Cornelius [1]

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He died at at Camp Greene and was buried on January 20, 1918 at age 30. He was buried in Elmwood in the 'Soldier's Lot' because his family never claimed his body. The local War Mothers and American Legion Auxiliary arranged to have a military headstone, which was plced on 5/30/1928, made from Georgia marble. He was from Earl, Arkansas.
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1888
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Army Enlisted: 12/6/1917
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Charles
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Cornelius
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Camp Greene, NC; Jefferson Barracks, MO;
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Private
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Charlotte Observer, Colliers Veteran Cemetery Index; War Department records to Violet G. Alexander

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Company 1, 30th Infantry
Exhibit & Section: 
Doughboys & Camp Greene Mecklenburg County, NC 1917-1918 [2]
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[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/doughboys-camp-greene-mecklenburg-county-nc-1917-1918-doughboys/charles-cornelius [2] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/doughboys-camp-greene-mecklenburg-county-nc-1917-1918