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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Delton O
Date of birth
19 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Bayou, Ashley County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38599267
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 32 14

Immediate family

Members
Newton Carpenter (father)
Carrie M. (Carter) Carpenter (mother)
Abbie Carpenter (brother)
Marshall Carpenter (brother)
Maida Carpenter (sister)
Allie M. Carpenter (sister)

More information

Pfc Delton O. Carpenter worked on a farm before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 10 November 1943.
He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Barbara’s Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Sandra