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Personal info

Full name
CARTER, Paul Raymond
Date of birth
20 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
DeGraff, Swift County, Minnesota
Hometown
Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17107332
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Son, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 18 6

Immediate family

Members
Chester C. Carter (father)
Sophia O. (Norderhus) Carter (mother)
Bernice E. Carter (sister)
Chester L. Carter (brother)
Lloyd S. Carter (brother)
Calvin Carter (brother)
Willliam H. Carter (brother)
Dorothy Carter (sister)
Donald A. Cater (brother)
Mary Carter (sister)

More information

Paul R. Carter was killed together with Prentice Hundley who was his assistent behind the machine gun.

Source of information: Frank Gubbels, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Birth Index

Photo source: Frank Gubbels, Marc van den Berkmortel/www.101airborne.pl/www.ww2-airborne.us, Frank Gubbels