Group 3 - Descendants of William Carpenter-98-
Father of William Carpenter-584 (b. abt 1605)

Notes


30024. Perley Richard Carpenter

A builder.


30027. Herbert Prouty Carpenter

A farmer and builder who resided in Hyde Park, VT.


37851. Marco James Coolum

MILITARY:
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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Source Information
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 Missing

Maintained by: Barbara Ferdinand
Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 06, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56288749


30031. Jesse Guy Hooper

A mechanic who lived in Fletcher, VT and Newark, NJ.