Carter, Harold Douglas

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Harold Douglas Carter.

Unit/Placed in, 22nd Transport Training Detachment, Air Transport Command.

Harold is born on 29 June 1921 in Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Father, Joseph Uly Carter.

Mother, Vera Pearl (Harrington) Carer.

Sister(s), Virginia Ann and Elizabeth Maxine Carter.

Brother(s), Joseph Winston Jr, Charles Lee and Jimmie Dale Carter.

Harold enlisted the service in California with service number # 0-740057.

Harold‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C- 46 were,

2^nd Lt. Joseph W. Mitchell Jr. Pilot

1^st Lt. F. L. Dietz Radio Operator

1st Lt. (then) Harold D. Carter Pilot (student)

Capt. W. B. Inman Passenger

Harold died/MIA off the coast off the Dominican Republic on a Cargo route to Brazil when an engine caught fire and they crashed in sea on, 8 May 1943, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.

Harold is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.

Walls of the missing.

Harold also has a Memorial Grave at Shafter Memorial Park, Shafter, Kern County, California, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB94-ZP5

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano