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Personal info

Full name
CAROTHERS, Paul Raymond
Date of birth
12 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
Hometown
Jefferson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35150102
Rank
Private
Function
Loader
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Sarre-Union, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 31 19

Immediate family

Members
Ray G. Carothers (father)
Anna E. (Ubbenga) Carothers (mother)
Earl B. Carothers (brother)
Ida E. Carothers (sister)
Bertha Carothers (sister)
Georgia B. Carothers (sister)
Donald E. Carothers (brother)
William Carothers (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul R. Carothers enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Wise Roots / Headstone and Interment Record, www.jeffersoncountylocalhistory.org/milhonoreddeadwwii
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