Seaman Second Class Carroll George McGarvey grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Seaman 2nd Class

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in South Pacific

Biography:

Carroll George McGarvey was born in Lake Ibsen Township, Benson County, North Dakota on March 9, 1927.  He entered the United States Navy in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota on November 8, 1944, and served in Asiatic Pacific Theater.  Seaman Second Class McGarvey was killed in action on June 5, 1945, in the South Pacific and is buried in Plot 4, Grave 7, Section B, Leeds Lutheran Cemetery, Leeds, Benson County, North Dakota.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave