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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, James R
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O1298823
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mülheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 19 20

Immediate family

Members
Mary H. Carpenter (wife)

More information

Lt Carpenter was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 28 March 1945.
More information about the exact circumstances are not known at this moment.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record
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