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Personal info

Full name
CARPER, Charles L
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31364633
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Montenoy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 58

Immediate family

Members
Harold G. Carper (father)
Margaret T. Carper (mother)
Robert E. Carper (brother)

More information

Pvt Charles L. Carper attended 1 year of high school before he enlisted in Boston Massachusetts on 29 June 1943.
He was reported as missing in action on 8 October when B Company was holding defensive positions 1.5 mile North of Montenoy.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts Birth Index, www.80thDivision.com, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4945&context=gradschool_theses

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com – Robert E. Carper