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Capt. Charles W. Ehmka, GMS 1938, Port Huron, Michigan. KIA D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. US Army, Company B, 743rd Tank Battalion. Purple Heart.

The 743rd Tank Battalion was a US Army independent tank battalion in the European theater during World War II. It was one of five tank battalions which took part in the initial landings of the Invasion of Normandy. The battalion was selected to be one of the three tank assault battalions that would land with the first wave on D-Day. Companies B and C were given amphibious dual drive variant of the Sherman tank (16 in each) and began their special training in December 1943.[

Charles William Ehmka is buried or memorialized at Plot H Row 7 Grave 18, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. This is an American Battle Monuments Commission location.