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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Ashton Ellsworth Carter Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 11014823 Killed In Action - Mar 18, 1945 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Ashton Ellsworth Carter Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 11014823 Killed In Action - Mar 18, 1945 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 25-May-1921, New Hampshire
Entered Military Service: Date: 20-Nov-1940 At: Manchester, NH From: Cheshire County, New Hampshire NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 11014823 Buried: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, Plot: J, 15383 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
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S/S A.E. Carter Reported Missing Over Germany S/S Ashton E. Carter, 22, of Keene is missing in action over Germany since March 18, according to word received by his brother, Corp. Arthur N. Carter. Sergt. Carter is an aerial gunner with the 669th Squadron, 416th Bombing Group of the 9th Air Force. Mr. Carter spent 18 months in the Southwest Pacific with the 90th bomb squadron and later returned to the United States as instructor in aerial gunnery at Lincoln, Neb., and the returned to active service in the European war theater. He holds a Good Conduct medal, Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon; Oak Leaf Cluster; Bismarck Sea ribbon and Distinguished Service Cross "for untiring devotion to duty in the Southwest Pacific." His wife and daughter, Cheryl Ann, live in Lincoln, Neb. He has never seen his daughter as she was born Oct. 26, last, and Sergt. Carter left in August for his second tour of duty overseas. Sergt. Carter has two brothers and two sisters in the service; W/O Wright V. B. Carter, who is in New Guinea; Corp. Arthur N. Carter, who is in Keene on a furlough, and who has spent many months overseas; Sergt. Ruth Wright with the WAC in Great Falls, Mont., and Priv Addie Sinclair, with the WAC stationed in Washington. Extracted from Newspapers.com |
See also S/Sgt Ashton Ellsworth Carter Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC)
Disclaimer: IDPF files document efforts to locate, identify, move, notify relatives and provide final resting for Soldier Dead,
often months or years after death, thus some pages may contain potentially disturbing or distressing information.
If you are sensitive, please consider whether to read this or not.
Click Here for information on WWII IDPFs.
See also MACR 13153 and Mission # 239
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