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CARSON, Raymond Louis - Date of
birth
3 November 1912 -
Age
31 -
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36176352 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Truck Driver, Light -
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 September 1944 - Place of
death
Oisterwijk, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 19 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Louis Carson (father)
Anne (Newport) Carson (mother)
Mary Carson (sister)
Jean Carson (sister)
William Carson (brother)
Louise Carson (sister)
Frances Carson (sister)
Leo Carson (brother)
Patricia Carson (sister)
Harriet Carson (sister)
John A. Carson (brother)
Mildred L. Carson (sister)
Raymond H. Carson (son)
More information
Pvt Carson was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 19 March 1942.He was on board a Waco CG-4A glider, nicknamed "Queen-City" with serial number 42-79151. The glider was loaded with a Willys Jeep. Beside the pilot, two other men of B Company were onbaord, 1st Lt Ray J. Hiltunen, who was seated in the co-pilot seat and T/5 Robert J. Le May. Carson and Le May had both taken place in the jeep, ready to exit the glider as soon as they had landed. Their destination was Landing Zone W, northeast of Son, the Netherlands.
While approaching the landing zone, enemy ground fire shot off the left wing and it crashed in the vicinity of Oisterwijk, the Netherlands.
All men on board were killed and initially buried at the cemetery of the St. Petrus Banden in Oisterwijk.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, WWIIMemorial.com, Fold3.com,, Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942–1949; 1920/1940 US Census Oisterwijk-marketgarden.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/326/326_honor.html, WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Raymond H. Carson