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Personal info

Full name
BOZARTH, Carl Saylor
Date of birth
22 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dayton, Greene County, Ohio
Hometown
Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35635529
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rambervillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 14

Immediate family

Members
John J. Bozarth (father)
Josephine B. (Rhoden) Bozarth (mother)
Mabel S. Bozarth (sister)
John I. Bozarth (brother)
George W. Bozarth (brother)
Mary E. Bozarth (sister)
Josephine B. Bozarth (sister)
Albert Bozarth (brother)
John R. Bozarth (brother)
William A. Bozarth (brother)
Samuel O. Bozarth (brother)
Paul D. Bozarth (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl S. Bozarth was employed by the Frigidaire Company.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 25 March 1943.

He was wounded 5 December 1944 during the Italian campaign for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News 7 January 1944