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Personal info

Full name
CARSON, John Sylvester
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Port Hope, Huron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36505010
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Croismare, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 11

Immediate family

Members
George T. Carson (father)
Effie M. (Crieman) Carson (mother)
Herbert A. Carson (brother)
Charlie W. Carson (brother)
Norman T. Carson (brother)
Fred A. Carson (brother)
George T. Carson (brother)
Dorothea A. Carson (sister)
Leona I. Carson (sister)
Fannie (Zinger) Carson (wife)
John W. Carson (son)

More information

Sgt John S. Carson worked on the family farm before he enlisted.

He is also remembered at the New River Cemetery in Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records / 1930/1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Andy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy