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(June 23, 1912 - Sept. 6, 1928)
16-year-old Paul McCarton of Montrose, Calif., was an Eagle Scout (highest rank in scouting) in the Crescenta Valley, northeast of Los Angeles, then a rural area nestled between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains. He was an excellent student, who held several leadership positions in his troop and had recently received the American Legion Citizenship and Community Service Award.
His parents were Albert Peter "A.P." McCarton and Elizabeth Wupperman McCarton. Paul also had an older sister, Karrel Louise, who was born in New Mexico in 1905.
Paul was accidently killed by his friend and fellow Boy Scout Robert Dixon on a camping trip in what is now called Plumas National Forest 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. They were hiking at night near an area where they had earlier spotted bear tracks when Paul, playing a trick on his friend, hid in the darkness behind two fallen trees and jumped out on Robert as he approached. Robert, terrified and thinking Paul was a bear, shot Paul with his .22-caliber rifle. The bullet went through Paul's mouth and severed his spinal cord, killing him almost instantly. A coroner's jury was convened to investigate Paul's death, and they determined that it was a tragic accident.
Although Paul was separated from his family in life, they have all been reunited after death. Paul's sister, Karrel Louise McCarton Morris, died on Jan. 4, 1947, a little more than a week after her 41st birthday. Paul's father, A.P. McCarton, died on Aug. 31, 1961, in Yucaipa, Calif., in 1961, a month before his 81st birthday. His mother, Elizabeth Alma McCarton, died in Las Vegas in 1985, eight days after her 100th birthday.
Today, the family is all together again in the Victory Section of Forest Lawn
(June 23, 1912 - Sept. 6, 1928)
16-year-old Paul McCarton of Montrose, Calif., was an Eagle Scout (highest rank in scouting) in the Crescenta Valley, northeast of Los Angeles, then a rural area nestled between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains. He was an excellent student, who held several leadership positions in his troop and had recently received the American Legion Citizenship and Community Service Award.
His parents were Albert Peter "A.P." McCarton and Elizabeth Wupperman McCarton. Paul also had an older sister, Karrel Louise, who was born in New Mexico in 1905.
Paul was accidently killed by his friend and fellow Boy Scout Robert Dixon on a camping trip in what is now called Plumas National Forest 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. They were hiking at night near an area where they had earlier spotted bear tracks when Paul, playing a trick on his friend, hid in the darkness behind two fallen trees and jumped out on Robert as he approached. Robert, terrified and thinking Paul was a bear, shot Paul with his .22-caliber rifle. The bullet went through Paul's mouth and severed his spinal cord, killing him almost instantly. A coroner's jury was convened to investigate Paul's death, and they determined that it was a tragic accident.
Although Paul was separated from his family in life, they have all been reunited after death. Paul's sister, Karrel Louise McCarton Morris, died on Jan. 4, 1947, a little more than a week after her 41st birthday. Paul's father, A.P. McCarton, died on Aug. 31, 1961, in Yucaipa, Calif., in 1961, a month before his 81st birthday. His mother, Elizabeth Alma McCarton, died in Las Vegas in 1985, eight days after her 100th birthday.
Today, the family is all together again in the Victory Section of Forest Lawn
http://www.cemeteryguide.com/gotw-mccarton.html
(June 23, 1912 - Sept. 6, 1928)
16-year-old Paul McCarton of Montrose, Calif., was an Eagle Scout (highest rank in scouting) in the Crescenta Valley, northeast of Los Angeles, then a rural area nestled between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains. He was an excellent student, who held several leadership positions in his troop and had recently received the American Legion Citizenship and Community Service Award.
His parents were Albert Peter "A.P." McCarton and Elizabeth Wupperman McCarton. Paul also had an older sister, Karrel Louise, who was born in New Mexico in 1905.
Paul was accidently killed by his friend and fellow Boy Scout Robert Dixon on a camping trip in what is now called Plumas National Forest 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. They were hiking at night near an area where they had earlier spotted bear tracks when Paul, playing a trick on his friend, hid in the darkness behind two fallen trees and jumped out on Robert as he approached. Robert, terrified and thinking Paul was a bear, shot Paul with his .22-caliber rifle. The bullet went through Paul's mouth and severed his spinal cord, killing him almost instantly. A coroner's jury was convened to investigate Paul's death, and they determined that it was a tragic accident.
Although Paul was separated from his family in life, they have all been reunited after death. Paul's sister, Karrel Louise McCarton Morris, died on Jan. 4, 1947, a little more than a week after her 41st birthday. Paul's father, A.P. McCarton, died on Aug. 31, 1961, in Yucaipa, Calif., in 1961, a month before his 81st birthday. His mother, Elizabeth Alma McCarton, died in Las Vegas in 1985, eight days after her 100th birthday.
Today, the family is all together again in the Victory Section of Forest Lawn
(June 23, 1912 - Sept. 6, 1928)
16-year-old Paul McCarton of Montrose, Calif., was an Eagle Scout (highest rank in scouting) in the Crescenta Valley, northeast of Los Angeles, then a rural area nestled between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains. He was an excellent student, who held several leadership positions in his troop and had recently received the American Legion Citizenship and Community Service Award.
His parents were Albert Peter "A.P." McCarton and Elizabeth Wupperman McCarton. Paul also had an older sister, Karrel Louise, who was born in New Mexico in 1905.
Paul was accidently killed by his friend and fellow Boy Scout Robert Dixon on a camping trip in what is now called Plumas National Forest 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. They were hiking at night near an area where they had earlier spotted bear tracks when Paul, playing a trick on his friend, hid in the darkness behind two fallen trees and jumped out on Robert as he approached. Robert, terrified and thinking Paul was a bear, shot Paul with his .22-caliber rifle. The bullet went through Paul's mouth and severed his spinal cord, killing him almost instantly. A coroner's jury was convened to investigate Paul's death, and they determined that it was a tragic accident.
Although Paul was separated from his family in life, they have all been reunited after death. Paul's sister, Karrel Louise McCarton Morris, died on Jan. 4, 1947, a little more than a week after her 41st birthday. Paul's father, A.P. McCarton, died on Aug. 31, 1961, in Yucaipa, Calif., in 1961, a month before his 81st birthday. His mother, Elizabeth Alma McCarton, died in Las Vegas in 1985, eight days after her 100th birthday.
Today, the family is all together again in the Victory Section of Forest Lawn
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