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Personal info

Full name
CARR, Alexander Richard
Date of birth
22 November 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-1019027
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
784th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 March 1946
Place of death
Millingen-Rheinberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John J. Karpiski (father)
Anna A. (Metelski) Karpiski (mother)
Mary A. Bosoloski (step-sister)
John T. Barry (step-brother)
Frederick A. Barry (step-brother)
Virginia R. Bosoloski (step-sister)
Joseph Bosoloski (step-brother)
Edward J. Karpiski (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Alexander R. Carr was a waiter before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 18 March 1942. He gradudated from the Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 28 August 1942 and was sent overseas on 2 September 1943.

2nd Lt Carr was declared officially death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

The 784th Tank Battalion was a unit with African American enlisted men and white officers.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - Pittsfield Berkshire County Eagle, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, After Action Report of the 784th Tank Battalion, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Max Carmen