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Personal info

Full name
CARR, Charles M
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31466143
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 48

Immediate family

Members
Nathaniel H. Carr (father)
Clara E. Carr (mother)
Nathaniel E. Carr (brother)
Mary A. Carr (sister)
Helen I. Carr (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles M. Carr attended Portland High School for two years and was a messenger before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 1 May 1944.

He died on 2 March 1945 in an army hospital in Germany as a result of wounds to the head received the previous day in Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Portland Press Herald 21 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / soilsister