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Personal info

Full name
YEAGER, Carlos L
Date of birth
1 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Butler County, Kentucky
Hometown
Horse Branche, Ohio County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35107539
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Augny, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 12 23

Immediate family

Members
George C. Yeager (father)
Julia (Phelps) Yeager (mother)
Eli Yeager (brother)
Anna B. Yeager (sister)
John C. Yeager (brother)
Mary Yeager (half sister)

More information

Pvt Carlos L. Yeager joined the Regular Army in Louisville, Kentucky on 8 August 1941. He worked for an architect 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 - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Mom Sy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Chambers