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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, George Guy
Date of birth
31 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Salt Lake, Utah
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39719235
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vernéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 28 36

Immediate family

Members
George E. Carpenter (father)
Louise A. (Ridgis) Carpenter (mother)
Florence Carpenter (sister)
Claude E. Carpenter (brother)
Hope (Adams) Carpenter (wife)

More information

Pvt George G. Carpenter was a salesman before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 December 1943.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Utah Birth Certificates 1903-1911 / Utah Military Records 1861-1970

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