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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Samuel Jr
Date of birth
7 February 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33709199
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 8 52

Immediate family

Members
Samuel W. Carpenter (father)
Lillian (Wait) Carpenter (mother)
Ida M. Carpenter (sister)
Lillian M. Carpenter (sister)
Emily M. Carpenter (sister)
Madeline (McGibbney) Carpenter (wife)
Carol L. Carpenter (daughter)

More information

Pfc Samuel Carpenter Jr. was employed by the Republic Steel Corporation before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 November 1943.

Pfc Carpenter's nephew, Pvt. Charles W. Carter, was killed six days earlier. He is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Massachusetts Birth Records / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph 15 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Megjurk, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph 15 March 1945