Paul Carter
ASN:35110986
Paul Felix Carter registered for the draft on October 16, 1940. Born December 27, 1909, he was from Cynthiana, Indiana and self-employed at the time of registration.
He enlisted in the US Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison on March 25, 1942. This thirty-year-old was 5-11, 168 pounds with a dark complexion, brown eyes, and gray hair. He had no obvious physical characteristics listed that would aid in his identification.
PVT Carter began his training with C-Battery of the 319th Artillery Battalion while stationed at Camp Claiborne, LA. He was then transferred to Ft. Bragg where he became a member of A-Battery of the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division.
He traveled with the battalion to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943, but later transferred to the HQ-Battery on October 25, 1944.
C-Battery 319th Field Artillery 82nd Airborne - Group photo - Camp Claiborne - May 1942
Company Morning Reports
Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following events were reported for Paul Carter:
Appointed Corporal August 31st, 1943. Station: 11 Miles North of Bizerte, Tunisia.
October 21, 1943, from duty to temporary duty, 82nd Airborne Division Motor Pool. Station: Naples, Italy.
December 30, 1943, from duty to sick quarters 0900. Station: USS Joseph T. Dickman.
January 22, 1944, from detached service Parachute Infantry Cookstown, North Ireland to duty 1400. Station: Camp Ballyscullion, Northern Ireland.
July 26, 1944, from duty to furlough 5 days Liverpool, England 0600. Station: Papillon Hall.
July 31, 1944, from furlough to duty 5 days Liverpool, England 2300. Station: Papillon Hall.
October. 25, 1944, from duty to transferred to the HQ-Battery of the 319th Glider FA Bn. Station: combat echelon 2 miles north of Nijmegen, Holland.
November 3, 2944, appointed to Tech 5. Station: 5000 yards north of Nijmegen, Holland.
March 23, 1945, from duty to Absent Sick hospital unknown non-battle casualty. Station: Camp Suippes, France VT6863, Nor D’Guerre.
April 12, 1945, from Absent Sick hospital unknown, non-battle casualty to duty. Station: combat echelon, Cologne, Germany.
June 19, 1945, transferred HQ-Battery, 681st Glider FA Battalion, MOS 014. (Automotive Mechanic) Station: Lubtheen, Germany RT Nord DeGuerre.
Note: From the battalion chaplain’s diary of Februay 17, 1945. “Another tire went flat while we were there. (319th) Paul Carter and others helped Martin change tire. It was cut so Carter gave us a new one in exchange for the one to be repaired.” Station: 1 mile east of Hurtgen, Germany.
Tec 5 Paul Carter fought in the major campaigns of Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
The Adjusted Service Rating Score (ASR) was a system the U.S. Army used at the end of the war to determine when soldiers were eligible for discharge.
Tec 5 Paul Carter was one of many “High Point” soldiers with a score over 85 points and returned to civilian life in September 1945.
His service was awarded with the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Merit Badge, European/African Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon, the Belgian Fourragere, six bronze service stars and one bronze service arrowhead, Glider Badge, and the World War II Victory Medal.
Paul Carter, 61, died July 29, 1971. God Bless this hero.