David Wesley Carter
(1896-1919)
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Private First Class David Wesley Carter's family
Charlie Carter, father of Private First Class David Wesley Carter
The 37th Division's Insignia
Gravestone, Private First Class David Wesley Carter, Carter Cemetery, Laurel County, Kentucky
David Wesley Carter
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 10/7/1896, East Bernstadt, Kentucky
Birth: 10/7/1896, East Bernstadt, Kentucky
Address: 1446 E. 57th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: no draft card registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Farm Laborer in Kentucky at age 13 per 1910 Census
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 4/25/1917; rank listed as Private and Private First Class [the latter on his gravestone]
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 4/25/1917; rank listed as Private and Private First Class [the latter on his gravestone]
Service Number: 1534718
Deployment: no deployment record found
Action: The 37th Division was nicknamed the "Buckeye" Division and was comprised mostly of Ohio National Guard soldiers.
Death: February 12, 1919 at age 22; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: February 12, 1919 at age 22; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: Carter Cemetery, Laurel County, Kentucky
Burial: Carter Cemetery, Laurel County, Kentucky
Next of Kin: Delbert C. Carter, brother, 1716 Cortland, Norwood, OH
Additional Information: In 1935, Moses Carter, paternal uncle, ordered an unmarked, government-issued gravestone to be shipped to Ionia, Kentucky.
Father: Charles Carey "Charlie" Carter (1863-1926), born Kentucky, married to Delphia K. Carter until her death in 1903 and remarried in 1909 to Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1886-1962), occupation Farmer, buried Carter Cemetery, Laurel County, KY; Mother: Delphia K. Carter (1874-1903), born Kentucky, died at age 28 when her son David Wesley Carter would have been about 7 years of age, buried Carter Cemetery, Laurel County, KY; Siblings: Delbert Carey Carter (1891-1981); Anna Belle Carter Williams (1894-1927); Maud Carter (1899-1993); Herbert Carter (1901-1977); Roland Carter (1910-1912). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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