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DORSEY, Carl Genus - Date of
birth
20 June 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Elk County, Kansas -
Hometown
Sumner County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37736829 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
5 December 1945 - Place of
death
Near Grosshau, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten -
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Ben J. Dorsey (father)
Adelia M. Dorsey (mother)
James W. Dorsey (brother)
Loy A. Dorsey (brother)
Roys E. Dorsey (brother)
Raymond B. Dorsey (brother)
Cuba Dorsey (sister)
Ruby Dorsey (sister)
More information
Pvt Carl G. Dorsey enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 14 March 1944.Pvt Dorsey was officially declared death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
While studying unresolved American losses in the Hürtgen area, a DPAA historian determined that one set of unidentified remains, designated X-2760 Neuville, recovered east of Grosshau near Gey, Germany, in 1946 possibly belonged to Dorsey. The remains, which had been buried in Ardennes American Cemetery in 1950, were disinterred in July 2021 and sent to the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for identification.
Dorsey’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pvt Dorsey has been given his final resting place on 3 September 2022, in Grenola, Kansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, www.findagrave.com, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Juanita Hardhart, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency