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CARTER, Harold Boyd - Date of
birth
8 July 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia -
Hometown
Crisp County, Georgia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-445757 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
6 October 1944 - Place of
death
The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Millard F. Carter Sr. (father)
Julia O. (Poole) Carter (mother)
Thelma Carter (half-sister)
Roscoe Carter (half-brother)
Millard F. Carter Jr. (brother)
John M. Carter (brother)
More information
1st Lt Harold B. Carter graduated from the University of Georgia in 1942. He enlisted on 25 May 1942.He is remembered at Veterans Memorial Lawn in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia with a memorial marker.
Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, University of Georgia - 1942, www.findagrave.com - Brenda Arnett Derbyshire