US PARAS Showstead, Carl Edwin

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Showstead​

• FORENAME

Carl Edwin​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

20121486​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st April 1945​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot B, Row 2, Grave 147​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 20.03.1922 Massachusetts, USA​

3 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled occupation in printing and publishing​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.09.1940 entered service Boston, Massachusetts (Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service)​

former National Guard​

1942 married Agnes Showstead​

son Carl E. Showstead (1944-1998)​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Agnes Showstead, 83 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Massachusetts​

KIA Negros Island, Philippines​

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