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Personal info

Full name
CARLTON, Marvin Lee
Date of birth
9 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Morrisville, Wake County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34678695
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 5 45

Immediate family

Members
Marcellus E. Carlton (father)
Vallie L. (McGhee) Carlton (mother)
James B. Carlton (brother)
Marcellus E. Carlton (brother)
Irene F. Carlton (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin L. Carlton attended Bethesda High School and was employed at the Durham Transportation Company before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 5 August 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Herald Sun - 5 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Herald Sun - 5 November 1944