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Walter Arthur Carico

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Walter Arthur Carico

Birth
Mill Creek, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Death
13 Mar 1999 (aged 80)
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Mill Creek, Wise County, Virginia, USA
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Walter Arthur Carico was the fourth child of Laban and Cora Julia Beverly Carico. He served in the Army during World War II.

During WW II he served as a Tech/5 with Headquarters Company, 8th Infantry. Inducted on May 7, 1941 at Roanoke, VA. He was trained as a field lineman. He served in the battles and campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe. His awards: Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon with one Bronze Arrowhead, and the Presidential Unit Citation.

After the war, he worked most of his life in Detroit, Michigan in the automobile industry. He lived near the old homeplace, Mill Creek, Pound, Virginia. He was never married.



IN Memory of Arthur Carico: Date of birth: April 17, 1918, Date of death: March 13, 1999. Services 1:00 PM Tuesday, March 16, 1999 ,Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel. Clergy; Evangelist Daniel Holloway. Internment: Carico Family Cemetery, Pound, VA. Gravesite Services: Pound V.F.W. Post 9600. Arrangements by Baker Funeral Home, Pound, VA.
Walter Arthur Carico was the fourth child of Laban and Cora Julia Beverly Carico. He served in the Army during World War II.

During WW II he served as a Tech/5 with Headquarters Company, 8th Infantry. Inducted on May 7, 1941 at Roanoke, VA. He was trained as a field lineman. He served in the battles and campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe. His awards: Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon with one Bronze Arrowhead, and the Presidential Unit Citation.

After the war, he worked most of his life in Detroit, Michigan in the automobile industry. He lived near the old homeplace, Mill Creek, Pound, Virginia. He was never married.



IN Memory of Arthur Carico: Date of birth: April 17, 1918, Date of death: March 13, 1999. Services 1:00 PM Tuesday, March 16, 1999 ,Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel. Clergy; Evangelist Daniel Holloway. Internment: Carico Family Cemetery, Pound, VA. Gravesite Services: Pound V.F.W. Post 9600. Arrangements by Baker Funeral Home, Pound, VA.

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