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name
CARR, Havis Lee - Date of
birth
15 January 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Arkansas -
Hometown
Lincoln County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37104373 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
18 November 1944 - Place of
death
Pont du Sauvage
Longeville-lès-Metz, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Walter L. Carr (father)
Minnie E. I. (Carington) Carr (mother)
Huzelle E. Carr (sister)
Benjamin W. Carr (brother)
Molly H. Carr (sister)
Curtis O. Carr (brother)
Nettie I. Carr (sister)
Myrtle M. Carr (sister)
Walter L. Carr (brother)
Bertha M. Carr (sister)
Betty L. Carr (sister)
Martha N. Carr (sister)
More information
Sgt Havis L. Carr worked on a farm.He enlisted on 4 February 1942.
On the order of General Kittel, on the morning of 18 November 1944, the Pont du Sauvage was blown up at the moment men of I Company began to cross it. Fifteen men were killed.
For his action that day, Sgt Carr was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.
Together with the other killed members of his unit, he is remembered on a plaque at the bridge.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Carter Cline Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen,
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/admin/images/memorials/1523280596plaquesauvage.jpg