Carl E. Deshong

  • ASN:
    33250613
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Apr 23, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Jan 18, 2000
FULL NAME:

Carl E. Deshong

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

33250613

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Apr 23, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jan 18, 2000
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Harrisonville, Pennsylvania

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Aug 19, 1942
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Altoona, Pennsylvania
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company B, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Combat Medical Badge

HONORED BY:

Eric Witmer, Great Nephew

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Carl E Deshong
Army Serial Number
33250613
Enlistment Place
Altoona Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date
19 Aug 1942
Army Branch
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
Grammar school
Occupation
Semiskilled cement and concrete finishers
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1921
Birth Place
Pennsylvania
Source Box Number
0632
Source Film Reel Number
1.149
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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