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Carrico, Roy, Jr., Sgt.
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Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Apr 01, 1990
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SGT ROY "OSCAR" CARRICO JR. ENTERED THE SERVICE ON 12 JANUARY 1943. SGT CARRICO WAS ASSIGNED TO BATTERY B, 548TH ANTI-AIRCARFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE) WHICH WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 102ND INFANTRY DIVISION. CARRICO SERVED IN EUROPE FROM 3 APRIL 1945 TO 21 MARCH 1946. UPON ARRIVING BACK IN THE STATES SGT CARRICO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND ON 4 APRIL 1946. OSCAR CARRICO PASSED AWAY ON 1 APRIL 1990 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE COURTLAND CEMETERY IN TUCKER COUNTY, WV.
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.
