2LT Charles Francis DeMoisy
1918 - 1944
VETERAN

The headstone placed in Provo City Cemetery for Charles is a cenotaph in his honor; he was not buried there. Please see his actual burial here. The two photos posted to this memorial with the white stone cross are of his actual grave and marker in France. One of those photos includes Henri Rossi, a resident of Hadigny les Verrières; he was an eyewitness of the crash and assisted Charles when he passed away beside his plane.
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FORMER VERNAL YOUTH KILLED IN FRANCE

Reported missing September 9, [1944], Lt.* Charles F. DeMoisy, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles [and Edith] DeMoisy, Ogden, was killed in action on that date near Chatel, France. His parents heard last week his brother, Capt. Ralph G. DeMoisy, had found his grave at Chatel.

Lt. DeMoisy was born July 25, 1918, at Elko, Nevada. He was graduated from Provo High School and the University of Utah. He entered the air forces [Army Air Force] in March, 1943, was commissioned a fighter pilot at Luke Field, Arizona, and went overseas a year ago. He had been engaged in missions over France for three months as pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt when he was reported missing.

Lt. DeMoisy is survived by his parents, his brother, who is in France with the Army engineers, and a sister, Cecile Ann DeMoisy, a student of the University of Utah.

— Vernal Express | Vernal, Utah | Thursday, 21 June 1945 | p. 7 | transcribed [edits] by Annie Duckett Hundley | 13 January 2023
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PILOT OF FIGHTER PLANE MISSING

Lieut.* Charles F. DeMoisy, 25 [26], son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles [and Edith] DeMoisy, 1263 Twenty-seventh, Ogden, [Utah], has been missing in action over France since September 9 [1944], his parents had learned today. He was a pilot of a Thunderbolt fighter.

Lieut. DeMoisy entered the Army in March, 1943, and graduated from Luke Field, Arizona, in February, 1944. He was assigned to England in May and had been serving over France for the past three months.

He is a former student of Provo High School, Weber College, and University of Utah, where he majored in mechanical engineering. The family, prior to moving to Ogden, resided in Provo, where Mr. DeMoisy is now range inspector at the forest service's regional offices.

Awaiting further word are his parents; a brother, Capt. Ralph G. DeMoisy, of the forestry unit, United States engineers, Fort Lewis, Washington, and a sister, Cecile Ann DeMoisy, Ogden.

Lieut. DeMoisy, popular among ski enthusiasts, is a member of the Ogden Ski Club.

— Ogden Standard-Examiner | Ogden, Utah | Wednesday, 4 October 1944 | p. 9 | transcribed [edits] by Annie Duckett Hundley | 13 January 2023
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Charles had the rank of Second Lieutenant*. Occupation or specialty was Pilot. Service number was O-767149. Served with 406th Fighter Group, 513th Fighter Squadron. He was KIA on 9 September 1944, while flying a mission in a P-47 Thunderbolt to attack German ground forces near the village of Hadigny. Unfortunately, he was possibly hit by German ground fire and was killed as he tried to recover control of his aircraft from a dive.

— American Air Museum in Britain | Military | Roll of Honour
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*Charles' ranking on his cenotaph headstone, seven newspaper articles, including his published obituary, state he was a Lieutenant. This is a Navy ranking (thank you, ShaneO) and Charles served in the Army Air Force. He was a 2nd Lieutenant according to military records and actual grave marker in France.