US PARAS Carter, Donald Wayne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Carter ​

• FORENAME

Donald Wayne​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

15116695 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th June 1944 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot D Row 23 Grave 20 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hamilton, Ohio​

born 14.05.1923 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA​

father Michael Easter Carter (1882-1958)​

mother Maggie Edith (nee Fisher) Carter (1887-1944)​

grammar school education​

civil occupation Stock Clerk​

employed by Western Auto Warehouse, Babbs & Ross Avenue, St. Bernard, Ohio​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 1210 Bates Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio (draft card)​

27.06.1942 draft card Cincinnati, Ohio​

06.08.1942 entered service Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky​

award Bronze Star​

Next of kin - Mr. Michael E. Carter, 1210 Bates Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio​

KIA Normandy ​

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