- SURNAME
Carpenter
- FORENAME
Flave Joseph
- UNIT
517 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
- PLACE
Europe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Arkadelphia,Arkansas
born 4.6.1918 Clark County,Arkansas
son of Flave McRae and Ted (nee Reaves) Carpenter
attended Ouachita Baptist College
attended Henderson State Teachers College
entered service 1938
517 PIR
1st Sgt,Company I 1944 (Belgium)
battlefield commission
retired 1966 (as Lt Colonel)
public relations officer,Citizens First Bank of Arkadelphia
executive director,Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce
executive director,Clark County Industrial Council 1985-91 and 1993-95
married Salene N. (died 1993) (3 children)
died 15.10.2007 Searcy,White County,Arkansas
Rose Hill Cemetery,Arkadelphia,Clark County,Arkansas
born 4.6.1918 Clark County,Arkansas
son of Flave McRae and Ted (nee Reaves) Carpenter
attended Ouachita Baptist College
attended Henderson State Teachers College
entered service 1938
517 PIR
1st Sgt,Company I 1944 (Belgium)
battlefield commission
retired 1966 (as Lt Colonel)
public relations officer,Citizens First Bank of Arkadelphia
executive director,Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce
executive director,Clark County Industrial Council 1985-91 and 1993-95
married Salene N. (died 1993) (3 children)
died 15.10.2007 Searcy,White County,Arkansas
Rose Hill Cemetery,Arkadelphia,Clark County,Arkansas
