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Personal info

Full name
CARTMILL, Leroy Eugene
Date of birth
5 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
North Fork, Beckham County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38692322
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Drop Zone W
0.75 miles northeast of Flüren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 25

Immediate family

Members
Roy Cartmill (father)
Iona (Hull) Cartmill (mother)
Dale E. Cartmill (brother)
Earl G. Cartmill (brother)
Betty Cartmill (sister)
Evelyn J. (Reel) Cartmill (wife)
Gene Cartmill (son)

More information

Pfc Leroy E. Cartmill graduated from Carter High School and worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on 21 March 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed when he parachuted into Drop Zone W during Operation Varsity.

Source of information: Joseph Bisscheroux, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / WWII Enlistment Records / 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred