A Leitchfield native killed in action during World War II will be laid to rest Thursday.
According to the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Private First Class Charles W. Wells was reported killed in action following the siege of Myitkyina, Burma, on June 30, 1944. Wells was an infantryman who served with Company G, Second Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit, also referred to as Task Force Galahad or Merrill’s Marauders.
Wells’s remains could not be immediately identified, but his remains were accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in May of this year following laboratory analysis.
Visitation for PFC Charles Wells will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Chism Family Funeral Home. Wells will be laid to rest in a graveside service with military honors at 11 a.m. in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central.
