Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. – First Lieutenant, United States Army

Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on 16 February 1889.  He served in the 320th Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd Division, in World War I and was killed in action in the Argonne Forrest on 13 October 1918.  He was eventually returned to the United States and laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. In Uniform

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Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. & Unknown Man & Woman At Officers’ Candidate School

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Officers At The Flaville, France, Gravesite of Thomas Clay Carter, Jr.

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Second Burial of Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. At Meuse Argonne France

CARTER, THOS C JR
1ST LT B 320TH MG BN 82D DIV WW
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 10/13/1918
DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/01/1921
BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH  SITE LOT 4000
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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