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CORPORAL
CHARLES H. PIPPETT was the son of Thomas B. and Alice Martin Pippett. He
was born in New Jersey in 1919. His early years were spent in the Cramer
Hill section of Camden, as his parents lived with his mother’s family,
the Martins, at 2746 Sherman
Avenue, through April of 1930. Thomas
Pippett worked sandblasting
buildings. By 1940 the family had moved to 618 Roberts Court in South
Camden. Charles Pippett had married
and lived nearby, at 617 Line Street in Camden NJ with his wife Jean. A
son, Charles Jr., was born in 1941. He worked for the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden prior to being inducted into the Army
in December of 1943. The Pippetts had been living at 614 Roberts Court
when the 1943 City Directory was assembled.
After training at Camp Walters TX, he was sent overseas in
June of 1944. Charles Pippett was killed when the jeep he was riding in
overturned in Luxembourg on Christmas Day, December 25, 1944. He left
behind his wife, Jean, and two sons, 3 year old Charles Jr., and
two-month old Frank S. Pippett, who was born after his father had
departed for Europe, his parents, and a brother, Robert J. Pippett. His
parents were living at 618 Roberts Court
when the 1947 City Directory was compiled, while his wife and children
were living at 511 Roberts
Street that year. |
