James Elton Carithers
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A World War II Purple Heart awarded to Sgt. James Carithers, was found rattling around in a record player bought at the Anderson Jockey Lot, a flea market in Belton, South Carolina. The unnamed man who made the find wanted to return the medal to its rightful heirs, so he began a search online. A visit to the genealogy site Geneaologytrails.com connected him with Andrew Staton, a 17-year-old site volunteer, who eventually united the medal with the recipient's family. Staton was able to find a post dating back to 2000, from a woman who was searching for information about her family, including her uncle James E. Carithers. Arrista Pottle, Carithers' niece, was overjoyed to make a connection with the uncle she was never able to meet. Pottle said that she couldn't be more proud that her mother's brother was a war hero saying, "I was so excited when I opened it. It was so beautiful. It just, it amazed me."
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Anderson, SC | 10 July 1919 | |
Anderson, SC | 16 October 1940 | 109 Farmer Street Worked for Gassett Mills | |
Died |
Sciacca, Sicily | 6 July 1943 | |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 24 June 1949 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Plot SECTION 82 SITE 212 |