CARPENTER - First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, killed in action at Iwo Jima Volcanic Islands, February 21, 1945. Son of Mr and Mrs. Harry C. Carpenter and brother of Jeane M. Carpenter. Prayer servcie at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Tuesday morning at eleven-thirty o'clock, Rev. Howard B. Haines officiating. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Monday April 12, 1948, p. 10, Col. 1)
Rites Conducted For Lt. Carpenter
Military Organization at Services in Cemetery
Funeral services for First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, 218 Wisner avenue extension, were conducted at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, yesterday, shortly after arrival of the body by train. Lieutenant Carpenter died at Iwo Jima, February twenty-first, 1945. The Rev. Howard B. Haines, first Presbyterian Church, officiated, with military services under direction of the Middletown Detachment, Marine Corps League. William Novak, League commandant, was in charge, assisted by Captain George Shepard, chaplain, and Mrs. Shirley Clemmer, adjutant. Bearers were Earl League, Richard Bedford, Frank Lane, Arthur Livesey, William Cross and Gerald Warren. First Lieutenant Arthur D. Challacombe, Jr., USMC, accompanied the remains here and presented the flag to the family at the grave. Bugler Francis Carey sounded taps, with echo by Earl J. Brown. Other organizations represented were Middletown Post and Goldberg Post, American Legion, and Middletown Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Wednesday, April 14, 1948, p. 1, Col. 5)
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Rites Conducted For Lt. Carpenter
Military Organization at Services in Cemetery
Funeral services for First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, 218 Wisner avenue extension, were conducted at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, yesterday, shortly after arrival of the body by train. Lieutenant Carpenter died at Iwo Jima, February twenty-first, 1945. The Rev. Howard B. Haines, first Presbyterian Church, officiated, with military services under direction of the Middletown Detachment, Marine Corps League. William Novak, League commandant, was in charge, assisted by Captain George Shepard, chaplain, and Mrs. Shirley Clemmer, adjutant. Bearers were Earl League, Richard Bedford, Frank Lane, Arthur Livesey, William Cross and Gerald Warren. First Lieutenant Arthur D. Challacombe, Jr., USMC, accompanied the remains here and presented the flag to the family at the grave. Bugler Francis Carey sounded taps, with echo by Earl J. Brown. Other organizations represented were Middletown Post and Goldberg Post, American Legion, and Middletown Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Wednesday, April 14, 1948, p. 1, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding her newspaper articles to it***
***I would like to thank Glenn Blank Find A Grave ID 49136806 for adding his gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Amber Hahn Find A Grave ID 47136755 for linking his mother to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Joanne Norbury Find A Grave ID 46530740 for adding her photo of Whitman in addition to linking his father to it***
CARPENTER - First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, killed in action at Iwo Jima Volcanic Islands, February 21, 1945. Son of Mr and Mrs. Harry C. Carpenter and brother of Jeane M. Carpenter. Prayer servcie at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Tuesday morning at eleven-thirty o'clock, Rev. Howard B. Haines officiating. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Monday April 12, 1948, p. 10, Col. 1)
Rites Conducted For Lt. Carpenter
Military Organization at Services in Cemetery
Funeral services for First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, 218 Wisner avenue extension, were conducted at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, yesterday, shortly after arrival of the body by train. Lieutenant Carpenter died at Iwo Jima, February twenty-first, 1945. The Rev. Howard B. Haines, first Presbyterian Church, officiated, with military services under direction of the Middletown Detachment, Marine Corps League. William Novak, League commandant, was in charge, assisted by Captain George Shepard, chaplain, and Mrs. Shirley Clemmer, adjutant. Bearers were Earl League, Richard Bedford, Frank Lane, Arthur Livesey, William Cross and Gerald Warren. First Lieutenant Arthur D. Challacombe, Jr., USMC, accompanied the remains here and presented the flag to the family at the grave. Bugler Francis Carey sounded taps, with echo by Earl J. Brown. Other organizations represented were Middletown Post and Goldberg Post, American Legion, and Middletown Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Wednesday, April 14, 1948, p. 1, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding her newspaper articles to it***
***I would like to thank Glenn Blank Find A Grave ID 49136806 for adding his gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Amber Hahn Find A Grave ID 47136755 for linking his mother to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Joanne Norbury Find A Grave ID 46530740 for adding her photo of Whitman in addition to linking his father to it***
Rites Conducted For Lt. Carpenter
Military Organization at Services in Cemetery
Funeral services for First Lieutenant Whitman S. Carpenter, 218 Wisner avenue extension, were conducted at the grave in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, yesterday, shortly after arrival of the body by train. Lieutenant Carpenter died at Iwo Jima, February twenty-first, 1945. The Rev. Howard B. Haines, first Presbyterian Church, officiated, with military services under direction of the Middletown Detachment, Marine Corps League. William Novak, League commandant, was in charge, assisted by Captain George Shepard, chaplain, and Mrs. Shirley Clemmer, adjutant. Bearers were Earl League, Richard Bedford, Frank Lane, Arthur Livesey, William Cross and Gerald Warren. First Lieutenant Arthur D. Challacombe, Jr., USMC, accompanied the remains here and presented the flag to the family at the grave. Bugler Francis Carey sounded taps, with echo by Earl J. Brown. Other organizations represented were Middletown Post and Goldberg Post, American Legion, and Middletown Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Middletown Times Herald, Middletown, NY, Wednesday, April 14, 1948, p. 1, Col. 5)
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***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial in addition to adding her newspaper articles to it***
***I would like to thank Glenn Blank Find A Grave ID 49136806 for adding his gravesite photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Amber Hahn Find A Grave ID 47136755 for linking his mother to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Joanne Norbury Find A Grave ID 46530740 for adding her photo of Whitman in addition to linking his father to it***
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