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Personal info

Full name
CARMICHAEL, Lawrence High
Date of birth
11 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35398770
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
854th Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Deckbergen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 7 1

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence E. Carmichael (father)
Alice V. (Lahue) Carmichael (mother)
Ed Laughlin (stepfather)
Charlotte Carmichael (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95007
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Scarface
Destination: Misburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
Macr: 11159

More information

Sgt Lawrence H. Carmichael was a graduate of Arsenal Technical High School and former employee of the McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 10 December 1943.
An excerpt from the MACR: "Bombs away 1239 hours Attack at 1240 hours A/C 007 bomb bay on fire plane was shot down by enemy aircraft."

He was first buried at the American War Cemetery Neuville-En-Condroz at Liege, Belgium.


Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, Nara - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Birth Record, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis News - 10 April 1945