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Personal info

Full name
CARR, Howard Franklin Jr
Date of birth
19 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15360413
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Grand Halleux, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 6 63

Immediate family

Members
Howard F. Carr (father)
Frieda F. Carr (mother)
M. J. Carr (sister)

More information

Pfc Howard F. Carr Jr. graduated from Fairview High School in 1941. He then attended the University of Dayton and was following a Fine Arts course. He transferred to Ohio Wesleyan University.

He enlisted in May 1943 and was overseas only a short time before meeting his death. Howard was hit by small arms fire in his neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, Phil Denlinger (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.75thdivisiondad.com, The University of Dayton Alumnus - February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The University of Dayton Alumnus, WWII Uncovered