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CARPENTER, Lloyd M - Date of
birth
17 July 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Kanawha County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15040646 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Medical Aidman -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 September 1944 - Place of
death
The crossroads of the Heikampenweg and the Wolvensteeg
Koevering, between Eerde and Sint Oedenrode, The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 2 | 10 |
Immediate family
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Members
Peter Carpenter (father)
Geneva Carpenter (mother)
Iva S. Carpenter (sister)
Kenneth G. Carpenter (brother)
Mosscine D. Carpenter (sister)
Reba (Higginbotham) Carpenter (wife)
More information
Pfc Lloyd M. Carpenter attended Elkview High School.He joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 2 July 1940.
Apparently Pfc Lloyd Carpenter and a couple of other men were killed when a Sherman tank, captured by the Germans, fired at them. At that time Pfc Carpenter is said to have switched to being a rifleman instead of a medic.
From the book 'Deliver us fom Darknes 'by Ian Gardner:
"The tank turned and opened fire with its machine guns before backing off a little. By that time, Purdie and Carpenter had reached the corner of the ditch and turned left towards the tank. The tank jockey knew he couldn't hit the ditch, so he began firing high explosive into the trunks of the trees behind us. Hahn was just about to crawl around the corner when the first shell slammed in. One round struck a tree close to Johnny, just as he was trying to disperse some of our guys away from the line of fire. The blast huried me out of the ditch and onto the gravel road. With no better place to go, I immediately jumped back in.... Crawling around the corner of the ditch, I discovered that both Purdie and Carpenter had been hit by shrapnel and were beyond help and could never known what hit them".
This tragic incident happened near the Van Genugten Farm.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, World War II Young American Patriots 1941-1945, www.warcemeteries.nl
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Young American Patriots