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Remember...Charles Joseph Spainhour
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| Charles Joseph Spainhour was born on June 11, 1912, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania, one of four children born to Charles and Anna Rachel Snoddy Spainhour. In 1920 the family moved to Charleston where Charles attended the first through eighth grades at St. Anthony's and ninth through twelfth at Charleston Catholic High School. After graduation, he worked as a manager for the A & P Company for several years prior to opening his own business, Spainhour Cash Grocery, located on West Washington Street. He was a member of Charleston Council No. 11 of the Knights of Columbus. |  Charles Spainhour in his grocery store |
 Charles Spainhour with his father and brother John |
 Charles Spainhour with his mother |
 Charles Spainhour in front of the Spainhour Cash Market |
Charles entered the Army in March of 1942 and served in the European Theater as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. Pfc. Spainhour was wounded at Salerno, Italy, on September 27, 1943. According to a battalion medical officer, a trench mortar stopped his heart resulting in his death. |  Charles Spainhour with his nephew Charles Thomas Spainhour |
| His body was returned to the United States and was interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in 1948. |  Charles Spainhour's funeral in 1948 |
As a memorial to Pfc. Spainhour and Michael Sayfie, members who lost their lives in World War II, Charleston Council No. 11, Knights of Columbus, presented an Iron Lung to St. Francis Hospital in 1947.
Assistance and photos provided by Charles Thomas Spainhour (nephew)
West Virginia Archives and History welcomes any additional information that can be provided about these veterans, including photographs, family names, letters and other relevant personal history.
