Person:Carl Erlebach (2)

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Carl Erlebach
m. 26 Sep 1917
  1. Carl Erlebach1919 - 1997
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Name Carl Erlebach
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Apr 1919 Massachusetts, United States
Military? 18 Nov 1940 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United Statesdrafted. SN 31000005
Death[1] 22 Dec 1997 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States

1930 Census

The Roy Richter family lives at 14 Saratoga St. in Lowell, MA. It is a rental ($26/month). Roy is a velvet finisher at a cotton mill. His stepson Carl is in school. Marion notes her age at first marriage as 28 (was her first marriage to Carl Erlebach annulled?).

1940 Census

The Richter family lives at 37 Bedford St, in Bath, Maine. They own their home (valued at $4,000). Roy attended school to 8th grade. His wife and stepson Carl completed 4 years of high school. His daughter Marine R (Marion Ruth) has completed 7th grade. Roy works 60 hours a week as a salesman, and his stepson Carl works 40 hours as a salesman in a retail grocery store. Roy earned $1,400 in 1939; Carl earned $900.

Military Service

Carl Erlebach is drafted in 1940 in the infantry of the U.S. Army. He is captured as a prisoner of war by the Germans

in Tunisia in 1943. He is detained in Germany and is not released until 1945. See details in source citation.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Erlebach, Carl, in Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
    FamilySearch, accessed 2 Feb 2016.

    (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT54-33K : accessed 2 February 2016), Carl Erlebach, 22 Dec 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  2.   Erlebach, Carl, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
    FamilySearch, accessed 2 Feb 2016.

    Household:
    Roy C Richter Head M 38 New York
    Marion M Richter Wife F 32 Rhode Island
    Ruth Richter Daughter F 3 4/12 Massachusetts
    Carl Erlebach Stepson M 11 Massachusetts

    https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPC-34H, Carl Erlebach in entry for Roy C Richter, 1930.

  3.   Erlebach, Carl, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
    FamilySearch, accessed 2 Feb 2016.

    Roy C Richter Head M 48 New York
    Marine M Richter Wife F 41 Rhode Island
    Roy C Richter Son M 5 Maine
    Marine R Richter Daughter F 13 Massachusetts
    Carl Erlebach Stepson M 21 Massachusetts

    https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMR-2ZK, Carl Erlebach in household of Roy C Richter, Ward 5, Bath, Bath City, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-12, sheet 5B, family 1, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1490.

  4.   Erlebach, Carl, in United States. National Archives and Records Administration (ARC # 1263923). World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. (2002)
    FamilySearch, accessed 2 Feb 2016.

    https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85G-2WL, Carl Erlebach, enlisted (draftee) 18 Nov 1940, Bangor, Maine, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

  5.   Erlebach, Carl, in United States. World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
    Online database, National Archives, accessed 2 Feb 2016.

    SERIAL NUMBER: 31000005
    NAME: ERLEBACH CARL
    GRADE, ALPHA: SGT (Sergeant)
    GRADE CODE: 5 (Captain or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Asst. director of nurses or Chief dietitian or Chief physical therapy aides or Sergeant or Technician 4th Grade or Lieutenant or Petty Officer, 3rd Class)
    SERVICE CODE: 1 (ARMY)
    ARM OR SERVICE: INF (Infantry)
    ARM OR SERVICE CODE: 10 (INF: INFANTRY)
    DATE REPORT: 28 Jan 1943
    RACIAL GROUP CODE: 1 (WHITE)
    STATE OF RESIDENCE: 12 (Maine)
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION: 110 (Rifle)
    PARENT UNIT NUMBER: 0026
    PARENT UNIT TYPE: 06 (Group/Regiment/Commands/System)
    AREA: 95 (North African Theatre: Tunisia)
    LATEST REPORT DATE: 07 June 1945
    SOURCE OF REPORT: 1 (Individual has been reported through sources considered official.)
    STATUS: 8 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated)
    DETAINING POWER: 1 (GERMANY)
    CAMP: 004 (Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14)