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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Francis Marion
Date of birth
7 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Port Royal, Henry County, Kentucky
Hometown
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35701573
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Near Ajoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 107

Immediate family

Members
Scott B. Carpenter (father)
Mamie (Peniston) Carpenter (mother)
Clifton N. Carpenter (brother)
Minnie (Patton) Carpenter (wife)
Francis M. Carpenter (son)
Jerry D. Carpenter (son)

More information

Pvt Francis M. Carpenter worked on a farm before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 12 April 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / Daniel Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Kevin