Charles was indiscriminately slaughtered at Palawan prison.

Charles Hiram Street was born in San Francisco, California, on April 3, 1923, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Street. During his early life, the family, which also included sons Eric and Ernest, moved to Whittier, California, where he attended grammar school. In 1939 the Streets moved to Santa Cruz and Charles entered Santa Cruz High School. During the one year that he spent at that school, he played in the band and earned several awards for his music. After dropping out of school, he was employed by the Coast Creamery Company as a waiter.

On June 5, 1941, Street enlisted in the US Army in San Francisco and requested duty in the Philippine Islands. He was assigned to the infantry as a private and shipped to Honolulu in July 1941. In Hawaii he received basic infantry training at Schofield Barracks before continuing on to the Philippine Islands. In September 1941, Street arrived in Manila and joined the 13th Infantry Regiment serving at Fort McKinley.

Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in December, Corporal Street's regiment covered the retreat of American troops fleeing to the Bataan Peninsula. After being wounded on Bataan on April 25, 1944, he was sent to the island fortress of Corregidor. When Corregidor fell in May 1942, he was taken prisoner and sent to Cabanatuan Prison where he remained until 1944, when he was transferred to Palawan Prison.

Charles Street was in Palawan prison on that infamous December 14, 1944, day when 140 American prisoners were massacred by their Japanese guards (See biography of Ernest Novak). Following the war, the remains of Charles Hiram Street were exhumed and sent to the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, where they were interred on February 2, 1952.

(NARA2; USDVA; SCHSC Pg. 18, SCSn October 23, 1945 1:7, WIKI, 31st Infantry Regiment)