US PARAS Carpenter, Woodrow William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Carpenter ​

• FORENAME

Woodrow William​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

34391425 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th June 1944 ​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot H Row 22 Grave 32 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Jefferson County, Alabama​

born 25.09.1921 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA​

father Wallace Marion Carpenter (1880-1965)​

mother Dora Etta (nee Jones) Carpenter (1887-1924)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation Waiter, except private family​

employed by T.C.I., Westfield, Alabama​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 2311 17th Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama (draft card)​

14.02.1942 draft card Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama​

16.09.1942 entered service Fort McClellan, Alabama​

1943 married Lois Kathryn (nee Dickerson)​

daughter Joyce Jean​

Next of kin - Mr. Wallace M. Carpenter, 2311 7th Avenue, North Birmingham, Alabama​

KIA Normandy ​

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