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Personal info

Full name
CARWILE, John Lewis
Date of birth
8 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Hometown
Meade County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35689409
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 38

Immediate family

Members
John A. Carwile (father)
Kattie Carwile (mother)
Harvey J. Carwile (brother)
James J. Carwile (brother)
George W. Carwile (brother)
Sidney L. Carwile (brother)

More information

Pvt John L. Carwile enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 2 December 1942.

His brother, Pfc James G. Carwile, was killed in early December, 1944 and is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet