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Charlie H. Carter

23 Jul 1913 – 27 Dec 2004

Birth23 Jul 1913
Death27 Dec 2004
CemeteryFort Gibson National Cemetery
Fort Gibson , Muskogee County , Oklahoma , USA
Added byMillieBelle on 20 Sep 2020
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Bio

Born in Oneal, Arkansas, he was the son of George Lewis Edward and Laura Roxy (Schrivner) Carter. He attended school in Arkansas and moved to McAlester in 1933. He worked for Pittsburg County as an engineer and married Opal Cable on Aug. 1, 1933, at Blanco. He received a certificate for foremanship and supervision on June 19, 1943, from Southern Methodist University School of Engineering. He enlisted in the United States Army on Jan. 12, 1944, in Tulsa. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theatre. He was engaged in several operations, including the first wave of the beachhead landings at Okinawa and Leyte. He received a Combat Infantry Badge, the Good Conduct Metal, AP, 4 Battle Stars, PL, Arrowhead, AD Ribbons and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star before his honorable discharge on Jan. 19, 1946, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was a member of the 96th Infantry Division which received the Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy. In 1947 he moved to Dallas, Texas and worked as a foreman for General Dynamics Corporation. After receiving his GED in the Army, he completed his education at Texas Christian University, where he earned a bachelors of science in education degree on June 1, 1956. He then began a career with the United States Soil Conservation Department where he worked as a soil chemist until his retirement in 1974, at which time he moved back to McAlester and had lived here since. He became a member of the Landmark Masonic Lodge No. 1168 in Dallas, Texas in 1943 and joined the Moslah Shrine Temple in Fort Worth, Texas on Nov. 10, 1956. After moving back to McAlester he transferred to the South McAlester Masonic Blue Lodge No. 96 and received recognition for 50 years of service on April 30, 1994. He attended Grand Avenue United Methodist Church, was a lifetime member of the Robert B. Thomas Veterans of Foreign Ward Post No. 1098, the Harrison-Powers Post No. 79 American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans and was a member of the 96th Infantry Division Association. A resident of Mcalester, he died at the age of 91 at the McAlester hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Laura Carter; his wife, Opal Cable Carter in 1998; an infant daughter; five brothers, Albert Carter, Earl Carter, "Buddy" Carter, Jack Carter, and Willie Frank Carter; a sister, Lillie Roxy Simpson, and a step-brother, J.W. Bain.

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PFC - US ARMY - WORLD WAR II

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