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Personal info

Full name
DERR, Carl William
Date of birth
23 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33828261
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 74

Immediate family

Members
James H. Derr (father)
Elsie M. (Hatter) Derr (mother)
Florence M. Derr (sister)
James H. Derr (brother)
Kenneth E. Derr (brother)
Marian E. Derr (sister)
Theodore R. Derr (brother)
Florence Derr (sister)
Kathleen Derr (sister)

More information

Pvt Carl W. Derr graduated from Tremont High School in 1943 and was the author of a weekly column published by his local newspaper.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 28 June 1943 and was assigned to the Medical Corps at Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania. Later he underwent advanced training at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd Inf. Battalion, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph