Charles W. Lund was born on July 12, 1916, the son of Charles E. and Hattie N. Lund of Edgerton, Wisconsin. He had three siblings: June, Donald, and Marjory. Lund, a carpenter, joined the United States Army around November 1942. He trained at the Limited Service School, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; at Fort McClellan, Alabama; at the Mississippi Ordnance Plant near Jackson, Mississippi; and at Camp Forest, Tennessee. From February 1944-August 1945 he served in England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany with the 610th Ordnance Battalion. Charles W. Lund died on June 27, 1997.
From the guide to the Charles W. Lund collection, Lund, Charles W. collection, 1942-1945, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)