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Personal info

Full name
CARRIGER, Arlis George
Date of birth
28 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Portland, Summer County, Kansas
Hometown
Oxnard, Ventura County, California

Military service

Service number
39691773
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 August 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Fontenoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 70

Immediate family

Members
Nathanial J. Carriger (father)
Goldie M. (Whitehead) Carriger (mother)
Ruby L. Carriger (sister)
Lillie M. Carriger (sister)
Waldo L. Carriger (brother)
Lois P. Carriger (sister)
Perry L. Carriger (brother)
Wayne C. Carriger (brother)
Ivalene M. Carriger (brother)
Tilda N. Carriger (sister)
Lovice M. Carriger (brother)
Flora V. (Ray) Carriger (wife)
Cleo M. Carriger (daughter)

More information

Pfc Arlis G. Carriger enlisted in Fresno, California on 7 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Carriger Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infntry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - S. Carriger
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - S. Carriger