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Personal info

Full name
CARLETON, John Elijah
Date of birth
4 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Windham, Windham county, Vermont
Hometown
Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31404114
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dollendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 22

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Carleton (father)
Lucy E. (Holden) Carleton (mother)
Maurice E. Carleton (brother)
Rupert E. Carleton (brother)
Frances E. Carleton (brother)
Vera E. Carleton (sister)
Shirley E. Carleton (sister)
Hollis E. Carleton (brother)
Roland E. Carleton (brother)

More information

Pfc John E. Carleton was employed by the Vermont Marble Company.

He enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 29 August 1944.

He was by small arms fire in the head and initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium on 11 March 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Coleman/Janiszyn Family Tree, World War II Enlistment Records, IDPF

Photo source: Aimee Fogg