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Carl Cantrell


Rank held: Private First Class

Husband of Mrs. Easter Cantrill

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cantrill

Killed in Action at Luxembourg on Dec 26, 1944

PFC Carl Cantrell

Husband of Easter Cantrell

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cantrell

KIA Luxemburg December 26, 1944

    Funeral services for Pfc. Carl Cantrell, 29, a casualty of World War II, who lost his life December 26, 1944, in Luxemborg, Germany, were held on Sunday, April 24, 1949,a t 10:00 a. m., at the home of his parents, by Revs. Leonard Walters, Lonza Reed, and Charlie Estep.

    Pfc. Cantrell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cantrell, was born December 20, 1915, at Flat Gap, Kentucky, where he lived until he entered the service. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mary Fay Cantrell, and Minnie Gay Cantrell, Flat Gap, and four brothers, Millard H., Dayton, Ohio, Arless W., Scott Field, Ill., James Emory and Eulas Paul Cantrell, both of Flat Gap.

Burial was in the family cemetery under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.

Paintsville Herald

Thursday

4-21-1949

View the Christmas Card that Carl sent home in 1944