Staff Sergeant A.C. Carrell

Title

Staff Sergeant A.C. Carrell

Subject

World War II
United States Army Air Corps

Description

SSgt. A.C. Carrell was killed on December 23, 1944, when his plane the Circle Jerk/Louisiana Mud Hen was shot down over Germany. Sgt. Carrell was the husband of Mrs. Bernice Carrell of Coal Valley.

More information on the crash that killed Sgt. Carrell including a photograph of the plane as it was going down can be found on this site: http://entrada1598.com/books/Marauder/453Chapter8.pdf.

Sgt. Carrell is buried in a common grave with his crewmates, photos of the grave can be found here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CARR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=2521&GRid=33209006&.

Source

Find A Grave

Date

December 23, 1944

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Hyperlink

Identifier

2072

Coverage

Walker County (AL)