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CAREY, Raymond - Date of
birth
22 March 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
New Jersey -
Hometown
Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32249706 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
C Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 October 1944 - Place of
death
In a field left of the house Meijelseweg 43
6 miles southeast of Asten, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 16 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Charles T. McCue (friend)
More information
Pfc Raymond Carey was a weaver at the Karagheusian rug mill in Freehold.He was reared in the orphan home of Charles McCue in Marlboro. His own efforts to trace his relatives had been unsuccessful. Therefore he used the name of Mr. McCue as an emergency addressee.
He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 March 1942.
The 48th AIB attempted to recapture Meijel, a town about eleven miles soutwest of Venlo, in Holland. Heavy enemy resistance in the form of tanks supported by infantry was encountered. During a series of German counterattacks Pfc Carey's company was in a defensive position near Meijel. When the company reorganized after the battle Pfc Carey could not be found.
By information obtained by a local citizen an isolated grave was discovered in June 1945. The grave was marked with a wooden cross with a US Army helmet on top. The remains could be identified as those of Pfc Carey by an identification tag on a chain around his neck.
The remains were evacuated to Margraten and intially buried in a temporary grave on 15 July 1949.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press / The Freehold Transcript and The Momouth Inquirer, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Freehold Transcript and The Monmouth Inquirer