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Personal info

Full name
CARSEY, George William
Date of birth
31 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35228350
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 3 9

Immediate family

Members
Russel W. Carsey (father)
Mae Carsey (mother)
Madeline A. Carsey (wife)

More information

Sgt George W. Carsey graduated from Lancaster High School in 1935. For a number of years he was a carrier for the Old Lancaster Daily Eagle. He was employed as a foreman at the Anchor Hocking Glass plant.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 7 September 1943 and was sent overseas on in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Ohio Birth Index / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette