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Personal info

Full name
CARTER, Sherman Jr
Date of birth
12 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Samantha, Highland County, Ohio
Hometown
Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35874594
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 12

Immediate family

Members
Sherman E. Carter (father)
Ruth A. (Jarrell) Carter (mother)
Martha H. Carter (sister)
William T. Carter (brother)
Louella M. Carter (sister)
Lawrence M. Carter (brother)
Geneva Carter (sister)
Wilbur K. Carter (brother)
Orville R. Carter (brother)
Charles A. Carter (brother)
Vivian M. (Storer) Carter (wife)

More information

Pfc Sherman Carter Jr. was married to Vivian M. Storer on 19 June 1943.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 24 August 1943 and was sent overseas on 20 February 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Ohio County Marriages 1774-1993, 142ndaar-.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson