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FORT KNOX, Ky. – The remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Charles N. Milam, 20, killed during World War II, will be interred Oct. 6, in Mississippi Veterans Cemetery, Newton, Mississippi. Ott and Lee Funeral Home will coordinate graveside services preceding the interment.
Milam was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. From late January through late May 1944, the 3rd Infantry Division fought in the Battle of Anzio in Italy. On January 31, Milam was reported missing during combat against German forces near the small hamlet of Ponte Rotto, close to the town of Cisterna di Latina (Cisterna). Members of his squad believed that he may have been killed in action by artillery at some point that day, but his body was not recovered. Having no evidence that Milam had survived the conflict, the War Department issued a presumptive finding of death on April 19, 1945.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Milam on May 8, 2025.
For more information on DPAA’s efforts to locate and identify Milam’s remains, please visit: https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4253405/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-milam-c/
U.S. Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflict Repatriations Branch plays a vital role in the process of identifying, locating and contacting subsequent generation family members of Soldiers missing or killed in action during WWII and the Korean War to positively identify previously undiscovered or unknown remains.
Media interested in covering and/or obtaining more information about the funeral and interment should contact Ott and Lee Funeral Home, 601-824-6018.
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2025 09:07 |
| Story ID: | 549660 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, US |
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