Tec5. Wilson "Wayne" Carpenter  

 

Mil# 37073465

Enlisted: 13 August 1941, KS

 A. Company 643rd TD BN.

 

 

 

 

Tec5 Wilson Carpenter (1942)

 

 

 

Born: 21 December 1914     Place: Shermanville, Sherman County, IA

Died: 12 April 1945    Place: Barby, Germany

 

Date of Temporary Burial: 18 April 1945   at: American Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands

Location: Plot: EE  Row: 3  Grave: 68

Date of final Burial: 8 February 1949   at: American Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands

Location: Plot: I   Row: 13  Grave 8

 

Wife: Doris L. Carpenter (Adams)    Married: 15 January 1944

Last known Address: 920 West 16th Street, Goodland, KS

 

Father: Joseph R. Carpenter    Mother: Nora A. Carpenter (Jones)

 

 

Awards

 

Purple Heart 

 

                

 

 

 

 

Picture by courtesy of Anna M. Jones
Anna was born the daughter of Doris after she had remarried

 

Wilson Carpenter and Vista West

 

Wilson's grave marker at AMC Margraten, Netherlands

 

 

 

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