Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A safiyar ranar 7 ga Mayu, 1945, Havlat ya kasance memba na Kamfanin Bincike na Bincike da ke neman wurin da sojojin Jamus ke kusa da garin Volary, Czechoslovakia, don tallafawa harin da Rundunar Sojoji ta 2 ta kai, Rukunin Sojoji na 5. A wannan rana, Wilhelm Keitel da Alfred Jodl sun ba da umarnin cewa duk sojojin Jamus su kasance
yi biyayya ga sanarwar tsagaita wuta kafin a sanya hannu kan mika wuya ba tare da wani sharadi ba, amma sanarwar ta dauki lokaci kafin ta kai ga dukkan raka'a. Da misalin karfe 8:20 na safe, 'yan sintiri na Amurka sun ci karo da sojojin Jamus na 11th Panzer Division tare da wata hanya kuma sun sami fashewar kananan makamai da kuma Panzerfaust wuta daga wani katako na katako. Sojojin Amurka da yawa sun ji rauni, kuma Private First Class Havlat, yana ɗaukar ɓoye a bayan jeep, ya ɗaga kansa kuma harsashi ya same shi. An kashe shi nan take. Sanarwar cewa sojojin Jamus sun amince da tsagaita wuta sun isa rundunar Havlat ne kawai bayan minti goma. Jami'in Jamus da ya ja-goranci sojojin da suka harbi rundunar Havlat, ba tare da sanin yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta ba, daga baya ya ba da haƙuri game da abin da ya yi. An binne Charley Havlat a cikin Lorraine American Cemetery da Memorial, kusa da Saint-Avold, Faransa, a cikin Plot C, Row 5, Kabari 75. Ba a sanar da iyalin Havlat ba game da gaskiyar cewa Charley shi ne soja na Amurka na karshe da ya mutu a Turai a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu har zuwa 1995.