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Charles Paul Fairbank
Abt 1899 - 1960 (~ 61 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Charles Paul Fairbank was born about 1899; died on 10 Oct 1960. Family/Spouse: Margaret McKyes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Isabel Fairbank
- 3. Martha Fairbank
- 4. Private Edwin A. Fairbank was born about 1923; died on 21 Feb 1944.
- 2. Isabel Fairbank
Generation: 2
2. Isabel Fairbank (1.Charles1)3. Martha Fairbank (1.Charles1)4. Private Edwin A. Fairbank (1.Charles1) was born about 1923; died on 21 Feb 1944. Notes:
Fairbank, Edwin A. Fayetteville. (Town of Dewitt) "Member of an
anti-aircraft battery in Italy, Pvt. Edwin A. Fairbank, 21, was killed
in action Feb. 21, the War Department has informed his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles P. Fairbank, of 111 Jamesville Rd. Dewitt. Pvt.
Fairbank, overseas a year this month, had taken part in the North
African invasion, landing at Casablanca, and in the Italian mainland
invasion, landing at Salerno. From his last letter his parents
believed he was stationed on the Anzio beachhead when he was killed.
Pvt. Fairbank, native of Dewitt, was graduated from Fayetteville High
School in 1940 and trained as an electrician at Apprentice Training
School. Before entering service 17 months ago he was employed by the
New York Telephone Company and had worked on telephone installations
at Pine Camp and the Rome Air Base. The soldier was a member of the
Order of DeMolay, and a parishioner of Dewitt Community Church. He
served as a Herald-Journal carrier boy for five years," The
Herald-Journal, 3/17/1944. "Killed in action in Italy, Pvt.. Edwin A.
Fairbank...will be honored at a memorial service in the Dewitt
community Church...His parents have received the Order of the Purple
Heart, awarded to Pvt. Fairbank posthumously," The Post-Standard,
4/28/1944. (Town of Dewitt).