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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Carson Dupree
Date of birth
14 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
East Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina
Hometown
East Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34304331
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 98

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Cole (father)
Mollie J. (Genes) Cole (mother)
Glennie B. Cole (sister)
Laura M. Cole (sister)
Fairst W. Cole (brother)
Lola M. Cole (sister)
Bucher B. Cole (brother)
Thomas H. Cole (brother)
Geneva E. (Williamson) Cole (wife)

More information

Pfc Carson D. Cole was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 19 May 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Norton Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Kelly Norton / U.S. WWII Young American Patriots