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Armentrout, Carl W., T/4.
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Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Oct 07, 1979
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TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE CARL W ARMENTROUT FIRST ENTERED THE SERVICE IN JULY 1937 AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1939 ONLY TO RE-ENLIST IN SEPTEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. T/4 ARMENTROUT SERVED IN EUROPE WITH THE 3457TH ORDNANCE MEDIUM AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE COMPANY FROM 12 MARCH 1944 TO 12 SEPTEMBER 1945. AFTER RETURNING STATESIDE ARMENTROUT WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND ON 29 OCTOBER 1945. CARL ARMENTROUT PASSED AWAY ON 7 OCTOBER 1979 IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.
