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Charles Thomas Payne
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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.)
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| Born | February 20, 1925 Peru, Kansas, USA |
| Died | August 1, 2014 (aged 89) Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
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United States Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 89th Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Spouse(s) | Melanie Payne |
| Relations | Madelyn Lee Payne (sister) Stanley A. Dunham (brother-in-law) Stanley Ann Dunham (niece) Barack Obama (grandnephew) Michelle Obama (grandniece-in-law) |
| Other work | University of Chicago Library |
Charles Thomas Payne (February 20, 1925 – August 1, 2014) was an American military personal. He served in the U.S. military during World War II as a member of the U.S. Army's 89th Infantry Division. Payne was in the infantry that freed many Holocaust survivors from Ohrdruf, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Payne was the great-uncle of President Barack Obama.
Payne died in Chicago, Illinois, aged 89.
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