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Personal info

Full name
MOONEYHAM, Carl R
Date of birth
19 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34895745
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy – la – Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 50

Immediate family

Members
Robert F. Mooneyham (father)
Katherine J. (Acuff) Mooneyham (mother)
Edna Mooneyham (sister)
Fred F. Mooneyham (brother)
Roy E. Mooneyham (brother)
Julia K. Mooneyham (sister)
Ruby C. Mooneyham (wife)
Joe F. Mooneyham (son)

More information

Pvt Carl R. Mooneyham enlisted at Cp. Croft, South Carolina on 26 November 1943.

He worked in a textile manufactory before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Marshal and McIntyre