Carter, Joe A. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Sergeant Joe A. Carter.

Unit/Placed in, 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy, United States Army Air Forces.

Joe is born on May 10 1920 in Oregon.

Joe enlisted the service in Oregon with service number # 6579316.

Joe‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

1^st Lt. Daniel W. Fagan Pilot

2ndLt. Robert R. Meyer Jr. Co-Pilot

2ndLt. Ralph Howard Navigator

2ndLt. Jim S. Grant Bombardier

Sgt. Joe A. Carter Top Turret Gunner

Sgt. Edward L. Hardgrove Ball Turret

Sgt. Paul A. Reimer Waist Gunner

Sgt. Elton J. Rose Tail Gunner

This was the 113th E model built and the first with a Sperry ball turret.

Joe was KIA/MIA they crashed into Mt. Obree in New Guinea on, Apr 25, 1942. and he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Wreck discovered in 1986.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

Joe and his Crewmembers remains were found and they are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2505.html

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

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org