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Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy Service # 31156444
He was a Tech sergeant, US Army Air Force from 2 Oct 1942 to 20 Dec 1943 when he was lost in the North Sea while flying his thirteenth (13) aerial combat mission. Listed as Killed in Action. He was a holder of the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and his family received his Purple Heart.ENLISTMENT: 1942
Name: Marco J Coolum
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Vermont
State of Residence: Vermont
County or City: Franklin
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Vermont
Enlistment City: Rutland
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 124
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Source Information
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.MIA: Missing in action
Name: Marco J Coolum
Date of Loss: 20 Dec 1943 0
Branch: U.S. Army Air Force
Rank: T SG
Service number: 31156444
Status: Missing in Action
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Department of Defense. Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. < http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/WWII_MIA/MIA_MAIN.HTM > accessed July 2007.DEATH: Change from MIA to KIA
Name: Marco J Coolum
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Catholic
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service number: 31156444
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Ancestry.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: United States. Army. Quartermaster General’s Office. Rosters of World War II Dead (all services). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army.MEMORIAL:
Name: Marco J. Coolum
Death Date: 20 Dec 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Cemetery City: Cambridge
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Title: Technical Sergeant
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: 31156444
Division: 338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
Source Information
Ancestry.com. WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: American Battle Monuments Commission. World War I Listing; World War II Listing; Korean War Listing. American Battle Monuments Commission.GRAVE: Memorial tablets
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56288749
TSgt Marco James Coolum
Birth: Jul. 20, 1921
Highgate
Franklin County
Vermont, USA
Death: Dec. 20, 1943
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy Service # 31156444
Entered the Service from Vermont
Missing in Action
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Marco James Coolum was born 20 July 1921 at Highgate, Vermont, son of James P. and Flora Hooper Coolum. Their residence was listed as Fletcher.
In 1940, the family is living at Fletcher, Vermont. James is 47, and electrician. Flora is 41. Children are Marco 18, Elwin 12, and Agnes 9. Marco is also an electrician.
Marco enlisted in the service 18 September 1942 at Rutland, Vermont. He had 4 years of high school, a farm hand, and single. He was 68" tall and weighed 124 pounds.
Note: Entered the service from Vermont.
Burial:
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton
South Cambridgeshire District
Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Tablets of the MissingMaintained by: Barbara Ferdinand
Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 06, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56288749
A mechanic who lived in Fletcher, VT and Newark, NJ.
A mechanic who lived in Morrisville, VT.
BIRTH:
Given as 29 on one page and 27 on another of the 1948 book.
A farmer and extension worker. He resided in Randolph, VT.
CENSUS: 1900 US Census -
CENSUS: 1910 US Census
CENSUS: 1920 US CensusCENSUS: 1930 US Census
Name: Orin C Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States
District: ED 13
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Birthplace: Vermont
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Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 8
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Household ID: 177
Line Number: 34
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 2429
GS Film Number: 2342163
Digital Folder Number: 004955284
Image Number: 00457
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Orin C Carpenter Head M 33 Vermont
Alyce D Carpenter Wife F 29 Vermont
Neil D Carpenter Son M 9 Vermont
Arlene A Carpenter Daughter F 8 Vermont
Clyde L Carpenter Son M 6 Vermont
Beverly E Carpenter Daughter F 4 Vermont
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMZW-BDL : accessed 25 January 2016), Orin C Carpenter, 1930.CENSUS: 1940 US Census
Name: Orin C Carpenter
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Randolph Town, Orange, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Vermont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 9-15
Family Number: 144
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Line Number: 53
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4233
Digital Folder Number: 005461781
Image Number: 00779
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Orin C Carpenter Head M 42 Vermont
Alyce D Carpenter Wife F 39 Vermont
Neil D Carpenter Son M 19 Vermont
Arlene A Carpenter Daughter F 18 Vermont
Clyde L Carpenter Son M 16 Vermont
Beverly E Carpenter Daughter F 14 Vermont
O Conrad Carpenter Son M 9 Vermont
Guy A Durkee Father-in-law M 75 Vermont
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYH6-K4C : accessed 25 January 2016), Orin C Carpenter, Randolph Town, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-15, sheet 8B, family 144, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4233.
MILITARY:
He was a veteran of World War I (WWI).He resided in Coventry and Barton, VT.
BIRTH:
Name: Arie Charlie Kennison
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Aug 1895
Event Place: Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
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Mother's Name: Abbie Carpenter
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GS Film Number: 540108
Digital Folder Number: 004357262
Image Number: 04776
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXM-TV3 : accessed 25 January 2016), Arie Charlie Kennison, 10 Aug 1895, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,108.
NOTE: There is a record of a Era C. Kenneson on the same date with the same parents. BUT, on the very next image is the name Arie Charlie Kennison. This second image looks like a corrected card and it shows the birth as a single birth.
COMPARE:
Name: Era C Kenneson
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Oct 1895
Event Place: Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
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Mother's Name: Abbie Carpenter
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GS Film Number: 540108
Digital Folder Number: 004357262
Image Number: 04778
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXM-TVW : accessed 25 January 2016), Era C Kenneson, 10 Oct 1895, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,108.MARRIAGE: 1920
Name: Arie C Kennison
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 15 May 1920
Event Place: Irasburg, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
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Father's Name: Melvin B Kennison
Mother's Name: Abbie N Carpenter
Spouse's Name: Myra Denton
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GS Film Number: 002033119
Digital Folder Number: 005204353
Image Number: 00680
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V3T-J7S : accessed 25 January 2016), Arie C Kennison and Myra Denton, 15 May 1920, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 2,033,119.DEATH:
Name: Arie C Kennison
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Apr 1972
Event Place: Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
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Father's Name: Melvin Kennison
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Mother's Name: Abby Carpenter
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Spouse's Name: Blanche Camber Mecham
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Digital Folder Number: 7028699
Image Number: 02428
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFBR-31H : accessed 25 January 2016), Arie C Kennison, Death, 02 Apr 1972, Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States; derived from Vermont birth, marriage, and death databases and images, 1909-2008, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington; New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
BIRTH:
Name: Glee Nancy Kennison
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 06 Jan 1901
Event Place: Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
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Father's Name: Melvin Kennison
Mother's Name: Abbie Carpenter
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GS Film Number: 540108
Digital Folder Number: 004357262
Image Number: 04799
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXM-TKM : accessed 25 January 2016), Glee Nancy Kennison, 06 Jan 1901, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,108.MARRIAGE:
Name: Arie Charlie Kennison
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 10 Aug 1895
Event Place: Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
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Father's Name: Melvin L Kennison
Mother's Name: Abbie Carpenter
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GS Film Number: 540108
Digital Folder Number: 004357262
Image Number: 04776
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXM-TV3 : accessed 25 January 2016), Arie Charlie Kennison, 10 Aug 1895, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,108.DEATH:
Name: N Glee Wells
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 31 Oct 1987
Event Place: Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
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Father's Name: Melvin B Kennison
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Mother's Name: Abbie N Carpenter
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Digital Folder Number: 7029323
Image Number: 04827
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFRQ-14W : accessed 25 January 2016), N Glee Wells, Death, 31 Oct 1987, Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States; derived from Vermont birth, marriage, and death databases and images, 1909-2008, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington; New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
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Digital Folder Number: 7029323
Image Number: 04828
Citing this Record:
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFRQ-14C : accessed 25 January 2016), N Glee Wells, Death, 31 Oct 1987, Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States; derived from Vermont birth, marriage, and death databases and images, 1909-2008, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington; New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
Peckville.
New Jersey.
Residence Lynhurst N.J. based on Fred Sherwood's "Descendants of Asa Cobb".
NAME: Went by Carl but that was his nickname.