Charles Denver Alverson
1919-1943
Photo shared by Vicki Graves Jones
Charles Denver Alverson was born September 19, 1919 at Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co., Ar. to
Frank Creasy, Sr. & Alice Artelee Bonner Alverson.
Charles registered for the military draft at Roisin, Fresno, California October 16, 1940.
April 25, 1941 he enlisted in the US Army serving with the 17th Inf. Reg, Co. G..
On his enlistment he states he had a grammar school education and civil occupation was in "semiskilled
construction".
May 25, 1943 Charles Denver Alverson was killed in action in the Aleutian Islands.
U. S. WWII Hospital Admittance Card Files
Full Name: Alverson, Charles D.
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican
Birth Place: USA
Admission Age: 20
Admission Date: May 1943
Admission Place: Aleutians
Military Service Number: 39158007
Rank: Enlisted Man
Branch: Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster)
Length of Service: -
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty (Battle Casualty)
Medical Diagnosis: Killed in action, details not known; Causative Agent: None, or unknown
Discharge Date: May 1943
Discharge Place: -
Description: 2854829
Conflict Period: World War II
Served for: United States of America
Charles' burial was in Steep Hill Cemetery, Sebastian Co., Ar.
Biography below shared by Vicki Graves Jones
from Fighting Men of Arkansas
Company G, 17th Infantry Regiment landed at Blue Beach on the Southeast coast of
Attu and moved into Massacre Valley, so named for the massacre there of Unangan,
the native Aleuts, by Russian fur traders in the late 1700s.
In May 1943, Massacre
Valley continued to live up to its name. American casualties were so high that within
three days of going ashore Pvts were promoted to Sgt. For more than two weeks,
the men fought and slogged their way through Massacre Valley, over the Hogback,
into Jarmin Pass then finally into the hills and mountains overlooking Chichagof
Harbor. The infantrymen had to fight for nearly every inch of frozen, bloody ground
they took. The Japanese troops opposing them were highly skilled and very effectively
used the terrain to their advantage. Often, the American troops came under fire
from individual or small groups of Japanese soldiers who seemed to materialize
out of nowhere then vanished just as quickly.
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