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Personal info

Full name
CARWILE, James Guthrie
Date of birth
11 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Breckinridge, Kentucky
Hometown
Hardin County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35044988
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
638th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
l 6 2

Immediate family

Members
John A. Carwile (father)
Katie (Rigsby) Carwile (mother)
Harvey J. Carwile (brother)
John L. Carwile (brother)
George W. Carwile (brother)
Sidney L. Carwile (brother)
Charles D. Carwile (brother)

More information

His brother, Pvt John L. Carwile, was killed during the Battle of the Bulge and is buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Kentucky Birth Index / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Photo source: Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com