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Personal info

Full name
CARTY, William Paul
Date of birth
7 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32866705
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Bearer
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
South of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 54

Immediate family

Members
Aston A. Carty (father)
Rose Belle (Steele) Carty (mother)
Mamie R. Carty (sister)
Amanda G. Carty (sister)
Samuel W. Carty (brother)
Mary F. Carty (sister)
Joseph A. Carty (half-brother)
Burchell A. Carty (half-brother)
Cynthia A. Carty (half-sister)
Ida M. Carty (wife)

More information

Pvt William P. Carty enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 March 1943.

His half-brother, Joseph, served on the USS Ingraham DD-444 and was lost at sea on 23 August 1943. His name is mentioned at the East Coast Memorial in New York.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nimblejacks