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CARTER, Charles William - Date of
birth
2 April 1926 -
Age
18 - Place of
birth
Pennsylvania -
Hometown
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35849836 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 March 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Neuwied, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 17 | 6 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lewis A. Carter Sr. (father)
Lillian M. (Carpenter) Carter
Lewis A. Carter Jr. (brother)
Warren A. Carter (brother)
Paul Carter (brother)
Dorothy B. Carter (sister)
Bernice L. (Wolfe) Carter (wife)
Gloria J. Carter (daughter)
More information
Pvt Carter attended East Liverpool High School and was employed at the Hall China Co.He enlisted on 4 September 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been overseas less than two months.
Pvt Carter was killed by small arms fire in the chest.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of ittenbach, Germany on 12 April 1945.
After being disinterred, he was buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 1 September 1945. After being disinterred again and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 15 July 1949.
Pvt Carter's uncle, Pfc Samuel Carpenter Jr, was killed six days later in Oberlahnstein, Germany. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.unithistories.com, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Review, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Linda Carter