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CARPENTER, Douglas Clay - Date of
birth
17 January 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Moscow, Fayette County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Moscow, Fayette County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1017043 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Tank Commander -
Unit
C Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
14 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Malancourt, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
James B. Carpenter (father)
Jessie H. (Furcron) Carpenter (mother)
Milton C. Carpenter (brother)
Annie L. Carpenter (sister)
Nona M. Carpenter (sister)
Raymond B. Carpenter (brother)
Buford L. Carpenter (brother)
Dorothy L. Carpenter (sister)
Bertha M. Carpenter (sister)
Lester G. Carpenter (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Douglas C. Carpenter was a bookkeeper.He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 10 March 1942.
He is remembered at the Bethlehem Cemetery in Moscow, Fayette County, Tennessee.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.7tharmddiv.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Commercial Appeal - 11 April 1943