US PARAS Carpenter, Edwin Franklin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Carpenter ​

• FORENAME

Edwin Franklin​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

32383145 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, New York Section C Site 3234 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Chemung County, New York​

born 15.11.1920 Odessa, New York, New York, USA​

father Cleon F. Carpenter (1891-1934)​

mother Mabel I. (nee Dixon) Carpenter (1886-1958)​

4 years high school​

graduated Odessa Central School​

civil occupation semiskilled linemen & servicemen, telegraph, telephone & power​

employed by Mrs York Telephone Company, Elmira, New York​

1940 married Anna Kathlyn (nee Bailey) Carpenter (1923-2005)​

son Edwin & daughter Carol Ann​

resided 533 Schuyler Avenue, Elmira, Chemung County, New York (draft card)​

14.02.1942 draft card Elmira, Chemung County, New York​

entered service 25.7.1942 Binghamton, New York​

KIA Normandy ​

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