[courtesy of Donna Owens Fox]

Application for grave marker for 2nd Lt Charles E. Cain to be installed in the Pine Grove  (aka Simpson) Cemetery, Pine Grove (Wetzel county), West Virginia.

Lt Cain was transferred to Company E from the 82nd Airborne Division HQ in Leicester, England on 2 September 1944.  Two weeks later he jumped into combat in Holland.

Lt Cain was initially reported missing in action as of 11 October 1944.but his status was later changed to killed in action on October 11, 1944.  He was initially unidentified and listed as X-3337.  The remains were interred in the Neuville Temporary Cemetery (now the site of Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial) in Plot C, Row 9, Grave 201. 

Later identified, his remains were repatriated to his home area on 14 May 1949.and were accompanied by his cousin, Air Force TSgt Lawrence D. Cain.

Lt Cain was awarded the Purple Heart.