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Holmes P. Carruth

Staff Sergeant, US Army

Service #34004501

Assigned to the
60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
European Theater of Operations

Died on April 6, 1943
In Southern Tunisia, North Africa, See Note 1
Officially Listed as Killed In Action

Final Burial Location:
Plot D, Row 15, Grave 1
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

As listed in FindAGrave.com Memorial 56246080

Awards:

Purple Heart
Medal

American Campaign
Service Medal

European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Purple Heart Awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Awarded for military service for service within the European-African-MiddleEastern Theater between December 7, 1941 and November 8, 1945.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

Staff Sergeant Carruth was the
Son of Edgar Franklin Carruth and Betty Pickens Carruth.
It is believed that he may have been married to Louella Bailey Carruth
and had a son James Kenneth Carruth born in 1933.

He entered the US Army from Winston County, Alabama,
Enlisting at Fort Barrancas, Flordia on January 11, 1941.

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 27, Winston County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

Note 1: The death location, "Southern Tunisia, North Africa" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of S SG Carruth, this location was not verified by eyewitness statement or official After Action Report.

Rescarching multiple online sources, this location was estimated on the closest or general location of his unit, the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, on or nearest April 6, 1943.

Anyone with a more specific location or other details is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 2

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

34004501

NAME

CARRUTH HOLMES P.

RESIDENCE: STATE

41 - ALABAMA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

133 - WINSTON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4226 - FT BARRANCAS FLORIDA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

1/11/1941 - January 11, 1941

GRADE, ALPHA

8 - Private

BRANCH: CODE

00 - Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

O - Undefined Code

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

0 - Civil Life

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1909 ( / /1909)

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

1 - White, citizen

EDUCATION

2 years of high school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

525 - Carpenters

MARITAL STATUS

7 - Separated, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

7 - Selectees (Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0738, 1.255

Online Related Information:

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