- Charles T. Payne
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See also: Family of Barack Obama
Charles Thomas Payne 
Charles Payne greets his great-niece by marriage Michelle Obama (off frame) and his great nephew Barack Obama in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. (Payne's wife, Melanie Payne, is also off-frame.)Born 1925 (age 85–86)
Augusta, Kansas, USAAllegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Army Years of service 1943–1945 Rank private Unit 89th Infantry Division Battles/wars World War II Relations Madelyn Lee Payne (sister)
Stanley A. Dunham (brother-in-law)
Stanley Ann Dunham (niece)
Barack Obama (grandnephew)Other work University of Chicago Library Charles Thomas Payne (born 1925) is an American who served in the U.S. military during World War II as a member of the division that liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.[1][2][3] He was 20 years old at the time. He is Barack Obama's great uncle (the younger brother of his late maternal grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham) and has been mentioned in Obama's speeches including the one given in 2009 commemorating the anniversary of D-Day.[4]
See also
- List of topics related to Barack Obama#Notable family members
References
- ^ Obama kin recalls liberating Nazi camp Great-uncle was appalled by what he witnessed July 23, 2008 Associated Press
- ^ Carla K. Johnson Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp July 22, 2008 Associated Press
- ^ Profile: Obama's great-uncle Charles Payne June 5, 2009 BBC News
- ^ Steve Chaggaris Morning Bulletin: Friday, June 5, 2009 June 5, 2009 CBS News
External links
- http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,626703,00.html interview with Der Spiegel
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- American military personnel of World War II
- Living people
- Obama family
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