Service Number O-1544092
Unit.. 575th Ambulance Company
Rank. First Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York.
Purple Heart
Husband of Mary Nolan Genthner and Dad of Thomas Carl Genthner (age 10) who resided in Rochester, New York.
Carl served as a First Lieutenant in the 575 Ambulance Company, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided at 142 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on March 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Semiskilled engineer and also as Separated, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed While A POW" of the German Army in Belgium in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 01544092
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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On December 17, 1944 Carl was part of one of the most brutal atrocities of WWII, the Malady Massacre. Many American statements claim that a medical officer was the first man shot. This man probably was Carl. He was wounded in the first volley of shots, but after that the Germans came into the field to finish the job. Carl said something to them in German and was shot three times.
Unit.. 575th Ambulance Company
Rank. First Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York.
Purple Heart
Husband of Mary Nolan Genthner and Dad of Thomas Carl Genthner (age 10) who resided in Rochester, New York.
Carl served as a First Lieutenant in the 575 Ambulance Company, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided at 142 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on March 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Semiskilled engineer and also as Separated, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed While A POW" of the German Army in Belgium in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 01544092
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~
On December 17, 1944 Carl was part of one of the most brutal atrocities of WWII, the Malady Massacre. Many American statements claim that a medical officer was the first man shot. This man probably was Carl. He was wounded in the first volley of shots, but after that the Germans came into the field to finish the job. Carl said something to them in German and was shot three times.
Service Number O-1544092
Unit.. 575th Ambulance Company
Rank. First Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York.
Purple Heart
Husband of Mary Nolan Genthner and Dad of Thomas Carl Genthner (age 10) who resided in Rochester, New York.
Carl served as a First Lieutenant in the 575 Ambulance Company, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided at 142 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on March 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Semiskilled engineer and also as Separated, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed While A POW" of the German Army in Belgium in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 01544092
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~
On December 17, 1944 Carl was part of one of the most brutal atrocities of WWII, the Malady Massacre. Many American statements claim that a medical officer was the first man shot. This man probably was Carl. He was wounded in the first volley of shots, but after that the Germans came into the field to finish the job. Carl said something to them in German and was shot three times.
Unit.. 575th Ambulance Company
Rank. First Lieutenant U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York.
Purple Heart
Husband of Mary Nolan Genthner and Dad of Thomas Carl Genthner (age 10) who resided in Rochester, New York.
Carl served as a First Lieutenant in the 575 Ambulance Company, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided at 142 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on March 4, 1941, prior to the war, in Syracuse, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Semiskilled engineer and also as Separated, without dependents.
Carl was "Killed While A POW" of the German Army in Belgium in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 01544092
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~
On December 17, 1944 Carl was part of one of the most brutal atrocities of WWII, the Malady Massacre. Many American statements claim that a medical officer was the first man shot. This man probably was Carl. He was wounded in the first volley of shots, but after that the Germans came into the field to finish the job. Carl said something to them in German and was shot three times.
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