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Personal info

Full name
CARTER, James Slatten
Date of birth
10 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Woodford County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35672890
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 24 4

Immediate family

Members
Thompson B. Carter (father)
Anna M. (Slatten) Carter (mother)
Lillard M. Carter (sister)
Sadye E. Carter (sister)
Benjamin Carter (brother)
Thomas Carter (brother)
Gertrude C. Carter (sister)

More information

Pfc James S. Carter attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Cinncinnati, Ohio on 17 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Young McGurer Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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