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Personal info

Full name
BUMGARNER, Carroll A
Date of birth
16 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa
Hometown
Des Moines, Warren County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37665080
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Heiderscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Alvie O. Bumgarner (father)
Bertha S. Bumgarner (mother)
Wayne E. Bumgarner (brother)
George D. Bumgarner (brother)
Darrell Bumgarner (brother)
Lois E. Bumgarner (brother)
Marvin D. Bumgarner (brother)
Coila R. Bumgarner (sister)
Josephine (Perry) Bumgarner (wife)
Linda Bumgarner (daughter)

More information

Pfc Carroll A. Bumgarner was a printer for the Register and Tribune Company before he enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 12 March 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was married to Josephine Perry in Des Moines, Iowa on 18 April 1940.

He was killed by a bullet in the thorax.

Three of his brothers also served during the war.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune