Idaho State > Canyon County, Army and AAF > Ernest T. Carlow

Ernest T. Carlow

Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces

Service #20957230

Assigned to the
71st Bombardment Squadron,
38th Bombardment Group,
5th Air Force,
Pacific Theater

Died on April 8, 1943
In a Non-Combat Aircraft Crash in Australia
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle

Laid to Rest at Plot N, Grave 2302
Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California

Next of Kin Notified:
(Likely but Unconfirmed)
Parents, Ernest and Ruth Carlow
In Nampa Idaho

Awards:

American Defense
Service Medal*

American Campaign
Service Medal*

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal*

World War II
Victory Medal*

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:

American Defense Service Medal Awarded for service between September 8, 1939 and December 7, 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

TSG Ernest Carlow entered the Army Air Corps from Canyon County, Idaho,
Enlisting on August 2, 1941, at Fort Francis E. Warren, Cheyenne Wyoming
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 3, Canyon County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - Note 1

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

20957230

NAME

CARLOW ERNEST T

RESIDENCE: STATE

IDAHO

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

CANYON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

FT FRANCIS E WARREN CHEYENNE WYOMING

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

8/2/1941

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

BRANCH: CODE

Air Corps

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

National Guard in Federal Service, within 3 months of Discharge

NATIVITY

WYOMING

YEAR OF BIRTH

1919

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

White, citizen

EDUCATION

4 years of high school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

Undefined Code

MARITAL STATUS

Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

Regular Army (Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0370, 3.91

Online Related Information:

Grave marker photo and additional information at Find A Grave, TSG_Carlow_findagrave.com

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