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Personal info

Full name
CARPENTER, William E
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34949874
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Near Herxheim bei Landau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 43 35

Immediate family

Members
George E. Carpenter (father)

More information

Pfc William E. Carpenter attended high school for four years and was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, on 16 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://14thad.org
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