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Personal info

Full name
CARTER, Oliver C
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34132750
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Maizières-lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 7 26

Immediate family

Members
Calvin J. Carter (father)
Bessie Carter (mother)
Erastus Carter (brother)

More information

Sgt Oliver C. Carter was a carpenter before he enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 21 August 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemrial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census
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