Elvis L. Carter

 
 

Killed in Action June 14, 1944

 

Elvis entered the service from Arkansas
Missing in Action

Rank: Staff Sergeant
Type of Medal: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Service Number: 38446178
Military Unit: 412nd Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy
Military Branch: U.S. Army Air Forces

Missing in Action Berlin 14/6/44 with Goodwin Wells, Co-pilot: Orman Young, Navigator: Bill Shafer, Bombardier: Kirby Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burleigh Warren, Radio Operator: John Naylor, Ball turret gunner: Elvis Carter, Waist gunner: Walter Spears, Waist gunner: Lunsford Edwards,Tail gunner: Rueben Feiler (10 Killed in Action); #1 engine afire, crashed North Sea five miles off Felixstowe, Sfk. UK. Missing Air Crew Report 5794.

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288423/elvis-l-carter

Arkansas Gazette, (Little Rock, AR) 21 Jul 1946

Arkansas Gazette, (Little Rock, AR) 21 Jul 1946

 
Janie McKnight