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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Roy Clinton
Date of birth
8 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37750037
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dortmund, Ems Canal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 17 17

Immediate family

Members
Fred Carpenter (father)
Ruth N. Carpenter (mother)
Chester Carpenter (son)
Mee L. Carpenter (sister)
Evelyn L. Carpenter (wife)
Ronny R. Carpenter (son)
Loy S. Carpenter (daughter)

More information

Pfc Roy Carpenter was a truck driver.

He enlisted on 16 August 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://75thdivisiondad.com, WWII Draft Cards, The Kansas City Star 9 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Sherrie Smith and Marla Ainsworth