Pfc. Harold Carter Killed in France, To Be Returned Here
Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, has been informed that the body of her son, Pfc. Harold Carter, who was killed in action at Normandy, France, June 15, 1944, has arrived in this country and soon will be sent home to Benton Harbor for burial. Pfc. Carter was born in Niles Oct. 16, 1923, but resided in Benton Harbor for seven years before his induction into the Army. He was employed by Kidd, Dater & Price Co., and the Dachel Carter Ship Building corporation before entering the service. Carter received his training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Mackall, N.C., where he became a qualified parachutist in June of 1943. He went overseas in September of 1943 in the 511th Airborne Infantry. Besides his mother, Carter is survived by two brothers, Clarence, in Dowagiac, and Robert, in Benton Harbor, and six sisters, Robert served for 38 months in the infantry, spending 14 months overseas. The sisters are: Mrs. Carl Malsch, Dowagiac; Mrs. Harlow Parker, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Victor Mix, St. Joseph; Mrs. Herbert Young, Chicago; Mrs. Steve Pracklet, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Miss Fay Carter, at home. Pfc. Carter's father, Wiliam Carter, died July 29, 1948. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Thursday, October 7, 1948, p. 21, Col. 5)
Pfc. Harold F. Carter
The casket bearing the body of Pfc. Harold F. Carter, son of Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, will arrive here by C. & O. railway this afternoon at 1:24 p.m., and will be taken to the Reiser mortuary. Military rites will be held at the Reiser chapel at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, conducted by the Twin City Veterans council. The officiating minister will be the Rev. E. A. Irion, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church of St. Joseph. Burial will be in the World War I Veterans lot in Crystal Springs. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Tuesday, October 26, 1948, p. 13, Col. 6)
Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, has been informed that the body of her son, Pfc. Harold Carter, who was killed in action at Normandy, France, June 15, 1944, has arrived in this country and soon will be sent home to Benton Harbor for burial. Pfc. Carter was born in Niles Oct. 16, 1923, but resided in Benton Harbor for seven years before his induction into the Army. He was employed by Kidd, Dater & Price Co., and the Dachel Carter Ship Building corporation before entering the service. Carter received his training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Mackall, N.C., where he became a qualified parachutist in June of 1943. He went overseas in September of 1943 in the 511th Airborne Infantry. Besides his mother, Carter is survived by two brothers, Clarence, in Dowagiac, and Robert, in Benton Harbor, and six sisters, Robert served for 38 months in the infantry, spending 14 months overseas. The sisters are: Mrs. Carl Malsch, Dowagiac; Mrs. Harlow Parker, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Victor Mix, St. Joseph; Mrs. Herbert Young, Chicago; Mrs. Steve Pracklet, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Miss Fay Carter, at home. Pfc. Carter's father, Wiliam Carter, died July 29, 1948. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Thursday, October 7, 1948, p. 21, Col. 5)
Pfc. Harold F. Carter
The casket bearing the body of Pfc. Harold F. Carter, son of Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, will arrive here by C. & O. railway this afternoon at 1:24 p.m., and will be taken to the Reiser mortuary. Military rites will be held at the Reiser chapel at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, conducted by the Twin City Veterans council. The officiating minister will be the Rev. E. A. Irion, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church of St. Joseph. Burial will be in the World War I Veterans lot in Crystal Springs. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Tuesday, October 26, 1948, p. 13, Col. 6)
Pfc. Harold Carter Killed in France, To Be Returned Here
Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, has been informed that the body of her son, Pfc. Harold Carter, who was killed in action at Normandy, France, June 15, 1944, has arrived in this country and soon will be sent home to Benton Harbor for burial. Pfc. Carter was born in Niles Oct. 16, 1923, but resided in Benton Harbor for seven years before his induction into the Army. He was employed by Kidd, Dater & Price Co., and the Dachel Carter Ship Building corporation before entering the service. Carter received his training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Mackall, N.C., where he became a qualified parachutist in June of 1943. He went overseas in September of 1943 in the 511th Airborne Infantry. Besides his mother, Carter is survived by two brothers, Clarence, in Dowagiac, and Robert, in Benton Harbor, and six sisters, Robert served for 38 months in the infantry, spending 14 months overseas. The sisters are: Mrs. Carl Malsch, Dowagiac; Mrs. Harlow Parker, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Victor Mix, St. Joseph; Mrs. Herbert Young, Chicago; Mrs. Steve Pracklet, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Miss Fay Carter, at home. Pfc. Carter's father, Wiliam Carter, died July 29, 1948. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Thursday, October 7, 1948, p. 21, Col. 5)
Pfc. Harold F. Carter
The casket bearing the body of Pfc. Harold F. Carter, son of Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, will arrive here by C. & O. railway this afternoon at 1:24 p.m., and will be taken to the Reiser mortuary. Military rites will be held at the Reiser chapel at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, conducted by the Twin City Veterans council. The officiating minister will be the Rev. E. A. Irion, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church of St. Joseph. Burial will be in the World War I Veterans lot in Crystal Springs. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Tuesday, October 26, 1948, p. 13, Col. 6)
Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, has been informed that the body of her son, Pfc. Harold Carter, who was killed in action at Normandy, France, June 15, 1944, has arrived in this country and soon will be sent home to Benton Harbor for burial. Pfc. Carter was born in Niles Oct. 16, 1923, but resided in Benton Harbor for seven years before his induction into the Army. He was employed by Kidd, Dater & Price Co., and the Dachel Carter Ship Building corporation before entering the service. Carter received his training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Mackall, N.C., where he became a qualified parachutist in June of 1943. He went overseas in September of 1943 in the 511th Airborne Infantry. Besides his mother, Carter is survived by two brothers, Clarence, in Dowagiac, and Robert, in Benton Harbor, and six sisters, Robert served for 38 months in the infantry, spending 14 months overseas. The sisters are: Mrs. Carl Malsch, Dowagiac; Mrs. Harlow Parker, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Victor Mix, St. Joseph; Mrs. Herbert Young, Chicago; Mrs. Steve Pracklet, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Miss Fay Carter, at home. Pfc. Carter's father, Wiliam Carter, died July 29, 1948. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Thursday, October 7, 1948, p. 21, Col. 5)
Pfc. Harold F. Carter
The casket bearing the body of Pfc. Harold F. Carter, son of Mrs. William Carter, 415 Washington street, will arrive here by C. & O. railway this afternoon at 1:24 p.m., and will be taken to the Reiser mortuary. Military rites will be held at the Reiser chapel at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, conducted by the Twin City Veterans council. The officiating minister will be the Rev. E. A. Irion, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church of St. Joseph. Burial will be in the World War I Veterans lot in Crystal Springs. (The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI, Tuesday, October 26, 1948, p. 13, Col. 6)
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