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Personal info

Full name
PEASE, Carl Earl
Date of birth
6 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Detroit, Somerset County, Maine
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11014727
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Earl E. F. Pease (father)
Sadie R. (Temple) Pease (mother)
Lillian F. Pease (sister)
Ada A. Pease (sister)

More information

The enemy launched a series of attacks and over-ran the area being defended, forcing the unit of which he was a member to withdraw. Because of the tactical situation, no attempt could be made to evacuate the casualties incurred in this action.

A unit of the American Graves Registration Service had conducted a thorough search throughout the area in an attempt to locate the remains of Pvt Pease but all efforts had been proven futile.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.govwww.ww2-airborne.us, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Nicole Sproncken