Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!
Holyfield, Charles Monroe
- Denton, Texas, Denton County, United States
Military Information:
- US Navy
- WWI Veteran
- Deceased
- QR Code
- Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
- RTF (Remember Them Forever) #1
- Cemetery: Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
- S2: Seaman Second Class
- Victory Medal (WW I)
- 1-Alpha List
Dates of Service 1:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Dates of Service 2:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Bio:
Charles Monroe Holyfield
Personal information
Name: Charles Monroe Holyfield (Charles M. Holyfield, Charlie Monroe
Holyfield)
Birth: 1899
Denton, Denton County, Texas
1910 – attended school and lived with parents in Denton, Denton County, Texas
Death: 23 April 1917
U.S. Naval Hospital, Norfolk Virginia
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Family: Parents: Holt Holyfield (born circa 1859, West Virginia) and Leila
S. Holyfield (born circa 1878, Mississippi)
Military Service
Military Branch: Navy
Era/Service: World War I
Dates: Enlisted 02 April 1917, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Died 22 April 1917, Norfolk, Virginia
Rank at Death: Seaman, 2nd Class
Sources:
1) 1910 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 7, Enumeration District 0094, sheet 14b, Holt Holyfield and Lelia S. Holyfield, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC
2) Charles Monroe Holyfield, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #245302123 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy
3) Commonwealth of Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, No. 31753, Charles M. Holyfield (1917), Richmond; Ancestry.com (online database)
4) U.S., World War I Naval Deaths, 1917-1919, Charlie Monroe Holyfield (1917), Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC
Author Information:
Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Cemetery
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 25 July 2023
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