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SHERAM, Carlton Anthony Jr - Date of
birth
18 December 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-518441 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Tank Commander -
Unit
D Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 January 1945 - Place of
death
Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 15 | 81 |
Immediate family
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Members
Carlton A. Sheram (father)
Ramona L. (Ferris) Sheram (mother)
Jane L. Sheram (sister)
More information
2nd Lt Carlton A. Sheram, Jr. graduated Cum Laude from Greenville High School in 1939.Sebastian Fiacco, a member of his unit, remembered what happened: “Vision was poor and foggy, they (armored tanks) were coming in leap frog style, one group would move then the other, GI style. When they got close enough I had no doubt they were Germans. I waited for the second group to come closer, when I had them in a concentrated group I began to fire. I had them down to three men when Lt. Sheram tried to come into where I was, he got two of them but the third one got him.”
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Woodul Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org, http://carolctaylor.com/wordpress/?p=860
Photo source: Peter Schouteten. www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Texas, http://carolctaylor.com/wordpress/?p=860