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Personal info

Full name
MUSSER, Carlton Chester
Date of birth
28 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Wick, Tyler County, West Virginia
Hometown
Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35067132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
A Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Wincheringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 69

Immediate family

Members
William H. Musser (father)
Mary A. (Johnson) Musser (mother)
Ethelyn B. Musser (sister)
Elberta L. Musser (sister)
Doris C. Musser (sister)
Lenell L. Musser (brother)
Bernard N. Musser (brother)

More information

Pfc Carlton C. Musser was employed at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 22 June 1943.
He was killed in action during an enemy mortar barrage during an attack on Wincheringen, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Deborah Ferrell
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Chester McKay