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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, Bruce W
Date of birth
8 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16123014
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 3

Immediate family

Members
Frank Carpenter (father)
Grace M. (Krepps) Carpenter (mother)
Francis Carpenter (sister)
Pauline Carpenter (sister)
Joan Carpenter (sister)
Alfred Carpenter (brother)
Helen Carpenter (sister)
Ralph Carpenter (brother)

More information

Pvt Bruce W. Carpenter attended West High School.

He volunteered on 18 November 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block C, Row 6, Grave 146.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten