John Louis CARR

1926 - 2016  (90 years)

• Name	John Louis CARR  [1, 2, 3]
  Relationship	with Regis John CARR
  Born	03 DEC 1926	Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 34 1 Louis Carr Head Male White abt 1900 30 New Jersey New Jersey New York 35 1 Mary Carr Wife Female White abt 1899 31 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 36 1 John Carr Son Male White abt 1927 3 New Jersey New Jersey Pennsylvania 37 1 Louise Fadden Cousin Female White abt 1906 24 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=6224&iid=4660928_00860
  Census	1940	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 16 1 Louis D Carr Head Male White abt 1899 41 Married New Jersey Principal 17 1 Mary Carr Wife Female White abt 1900 40 Married Pennsylvania 18 1 John Carr Son Male White abt 1927 13 Single New Jersey 19 1 Alice Carr Daughter Female White abt 1931 9 Single New Jersey 20 1 William Carr Son Male White abt 1935 5 Single New Jersey 21 1 Louise Fadden Cousin Female White abt 1910 30 Single Pennsylvania Stenographer   Transcript ID is  dbid=2442&iid=m-t0627-02406-00253
  Education	1944	Regis High School, New York City, New York, New York, USA
  Residence	1944	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Education	2 JUL 1945	West Point, Orange, New York, USA
  USMA
  Military Service	7 JUN 1949	West Point, Orange, New York, USA
  Vietnam: US Army Commander 71st Transportation Battalion & HQ Support Command (Newport, RVN) Jun 1949: Commissioned a 2LT in the Transportation Corps (although detailed detailed to the Engineer Branch for two years). 1950: Darmstaft, West Germany; 1st Engineer Battalion Jul 1953: Fort Belvoir, VA Jul 1954: University of Tennessee Jul 1955: Fort Eustis, Virginia 1956: Then Captain Carr participated in the construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line in Alaska. His participation was with the 564 Transportation Company (Term Svc) on Project 572 West Area. WIKI: "From a standing start in December 1954, many thousands of people with countless skills were recruited, transported to the polar regions, housed, fed, and supplied with tools, machines, and materials to construct physical facilities - buildings, roads, tanks, towers, antennas, airfields, and hangars - at some of the most isolated places in North America. The construction project employed about 25,000 people.[2] Military and civilian airlifts, huge sealifts during the short summers, snowcat trains and barges distributed vast cargoes along the length of the Line to build the permanent settlements needed at each site. It was to military and naval units that fell much of the job of carrying mountains of supplies to the northern sites. More than 3,000 U.S. Army Transportation Corps soldiers were given special training to prepare them for the job of unloading ships in the Arctic. They went with the convoys of U.S. Navy ships and they raced time during the few weeks the ice was open to land supplies at dozens of spots on the Arctic Ocean shore during the summers of 1955, 56, and 57.[4]" Jul 1958: Seoul, Korea; 21st Transportation Company Jul 1959: Fort Belvoir, VA; staff Jul 1961: Fort Leavenworth, KS; CGCS Jul 1962 Fort Eustis, Virginia; Instructor Jul 1963: Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Allied Mobile forces (Land) Jun 1965: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; CENTAG JUL 1969: The Pentagon; Joint Staff Aug 1969: Saigon, South Vietnam; Commander 71st Transportation Battalion & HQ Support Command (Newport) Aug 1970: Cameron Station, VA Aug 1972: DSA Jul 1974: USAREUR Jul 1978: Alexandria, VA; Joint Property Shipping Office June 1979: Retired Colonel
  Residence	1955	Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Military Service	AUG 1956	Point Barrow, North Slope, Alaska, USA
  DEW line Captain, Transportation Corps Assigned to the 654th Transportation Company (Terminal Service)
  Residence	1958	Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  Residence	1979	4645 Occoquan Overlook, Woodbridge, Prince William, Virginia, USA
  Died	26 DEC 2016	Woodbridge, Prince William, Virginia, USA
  Obituary	28 DEC 2016
  COL (R) John Louis Carr 1926-2016 A lifetime of service to God, family, friends and country. COL John Louis Carr, beloved and cherished husband of Jeanne Carr, faithful Catholic, father of seven well-loved children, a well-loved grandfather of 12 and a great-grandfather of three girls, the son of Louis and Mary Carr and brother to Bill and Alice, a proud 1944 graduate of Regis High School in NYC and the West Point class of 1949, died December 26, 2016. John was born December 3, 1926 in Patterson, New Jersey. He married Jeanne Boquel, his high school sweetheart, on June 11, 1949. Together, they faithfully served their country for the next 30 years in war and peace. His overseas stations included occupied Germany, Korea and Vietnam. While in Vietnam, from 1969-1970, he commanded the 71st Transportation Battalion. His headquarters staff assignments included US Army Europe, Allied Mobile Forces (Land) and The Joint Staff. He was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and earned a master of science degree from the University of Tennessee. His military awards include the bronze star and legion of merit. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Jeanne, his seven children and their spouses. Daughter Jeanne Marie (Carr) and David Black of the Sea Ranch, CA; son Regis and Lana Carr of Peachtree City, GA; daughter Suzanne Carr of Jersey City, NJ; daughter Stephanie (Carr) Salmon of Catonsville, MD; daughter Adrienne (Carr) and Greg Ryder of Blacksburg, VA; son Christopher and Tami Carr of Chesapeake, VA; son Damian and Mary Beth Carr of Chesapeake, VA. A funeral Mass was held on December 30, 2016 in Manassas. His burial will occur at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for you to help military families with a donation to fisherhouse.org. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of John Louis Carr please visit our Sympathy Store.
  Age	90 years
  Buried	11 MAY 2017	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA
  View memorial: 174652232. The extended delay between death and burial was due to scheduling by the cemetery staff.
  Person ID	I4	Carr-Scott | James Kerr/Carr (1804-1879) Descendants
  Last Modified	22 APR 2017

  
  

  Father	Louis Drury CARR           b. 24 JUN 1899, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA           d. 24 JAN 1986, Carroll, Carroll, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth MARTIN           b. 25 MAY 1897, Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 16 OCT 1983, Carroll, Carroll, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	01 MAR 1924
  Family ID	F267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living + 2. Regis John CARR           b. 09 JUL 1951, Frankfurt am Main, Germany + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living + 6. Living + 7. Living
  Last Modified	5 OCT 2015
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 03 DEC 1926 - Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA Census - 1930 - Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, USA Census - 1940 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Education - 1944 - Regis High School, New York City, New York, New York, USA Residence - 1944 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Education - USMA - 2 JUL 1945 - West Point, Orange, New York, USA Military Service - Vietnam: US Army Commander 71st Transportation Battalion & HQ Support Command (Newport, RVN) Jun 1949: Commissioned a 2LT in the Transportation Corps (although detailed detailed to the Engineer Branch for two years). 1950: Darmstaft, West Germany; 1st Engineer Battalion Jul 1953: Fort Belvoir, VA Jul 1954: University of Tennessee Jul 1955: Fort Eustis, Virginia 1956: Then Captain Carr participated in the construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line in Alaska. His participation was with the 564 Transportation Company (Term Svc) on Project 572 West Area. WIKI: "From a standing start in December 1954, many thousands of people with countless skills were recruited, transported to the polar regions, housed, fed, and supplied with tools, machines, and materials to construct physical facilities - buildings, roads, tanks, towers, antennas, airfields, and hangars - at some of the most isolated places in North America. The construction project employed about 25,000 people.[2] Military and civilian airlifts, huge sealifts during the short summers, snowcat trains and barges distributed vast cargoes along the length of the Line to build the permanent settlements needed at each site. It was to military and naval units that fell much of the job of carrying mountains of supplies to the northern sites. More than 3,000 U.S. Army Transportation Corps soldiers were given special training to prepare them for the job of unloading ships in the Arctic. They went with the convoys of U.S. Navy ships and they raced time during the few weeks the ice was open to land supplies at dozens of spots on the Arctic Ocean shore during the summers of 1955, 56, and 57.[4]" Jul 1958: Seoul, Korea; 21st Transportation Company Jul 1959: Fort Belvoir, VA; staff Jul 1961: Fort Leavenworth, KS; CGCS Jul 1962 Fort Eustis, Virginia; Instructor Jul 1963: Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Allied Mobile forces (Land) Jun 1965: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; CENTAG JUL 1969: The Pentagon; Joint Staff Aug 1969: Saigon, South Vietnam; Commander 71st Transportation Battalion & HQ Support Command (Newport) Aug 1970: Cameron Station, VA Aug 1972: DSA Jul 1974: USAREUR Jul 1978: Alexandria, VA; Joint Property Shipping Office June 1979: Retired Colonel - 7 JUN 1949 - West Point, Orange, New York, USA Residence - 1955 - Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA Military Service - DEW line Captain, Transportation Corps Assigned to the 654th Transportation Company (Terminal Service) - AUG 1956 - Point Barrow, North Slope, Alaska, USA Residence - 1958 - Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1979 - 4645 Occoquan Overlook, Woodbridge, Prince William, Virginia, USA Died - 26 DEC 2016 - Woodbridge, Prince William, Virginia, USA Buried - 11 MAY 2017 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show	22 photos
  	Carr, John L: 1928
  	Carr, John L: 1931 with Alice The woman in the background has not been identified, regretfully.
  	Carr, John L: 1945 Another in a Long Gray Line of Happy Plebes
  	Carr, John L: 1946 John was photographed jumping over a barbed wire obstacle during cadet training at Camp Buckner in the summer of 1946. The photo was published in the West Point year book, The Howitzer.
  	Carr, John L: 1947 This picture was likely taken at his parent's home in Jersey City during his Cow Year at West Point.
  	Carr, John L: 1947 Trophy Point, West Point John is pictured with his parents and sister, Alice. His brother, William, was probably the photographer. The Husdon River is in the background.
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  	Carr, John L: 1947 Cow Year Training
  	Carr, John L: 1947 Cow Year Training
  	Carr, John L: 1947 Cow Year training
  	Carr, John L: 1947 Cow Year training Hefting the proverbial B-4 luggage outside his West Point barracks
  	Carr, John L: 1947 Not sure if Corley's is a bar, restaurant or a neighbor...
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  	Carr, John L: 1959 Seoul Korea It was with some delight, no doubt, that the 8th Army transportation battalion commander assigned Captain Carr to command its car company. Judging from the flip calendar on the desk, the picture was taken just before Christmas, 1959; perhaps 17 December. The general timeframe is corroborated by the woolen, winter uniform. The picture shows him busy at work; that may be an English-Korea dictionary in the background. Although not validated, it appears that the tray on the desk holds cigarettes, a lighter and an ash tray. The captain relinquished that habit in about 1963 when he was a major in Mannheim, Germany.
  	Carr, John L: 1969 Saigon The place has since been renamed: Ho Chi Minh City. John commanded the Army's 71ST Transportation Terminal Service Battalion at a facility named Newport. http://www.allanfurtado.com/newportterminal.html "Newport is located on the Saigon River three or four miles north of the Saigon port and just south of the main bridge for highway 1A which had direct route to Bien Hoa air base and Long Binh field depot and the main ammunition depot. The primary purpose of Newport was to take over the handling of all U.S. military cargo that was presently being handled at the Saigon port. Newport would become part of the Saigon area port complex. The components of this complex included Saigon port, Vung Tau where ships lined up and waited for pilots to take them up the river to Newport, Camp Davis which was up river for military housing and the Cat Lai complex located seven miles south east of Saigon. The complex handled over sixty percent of ammunition entering Vietnam (Biggs, King, Criner, 1994). That included several different barge locations for the loading and unloading of ammunition from ships in stream, but of these several barge locations, only two were used exclusively for ammunition and they were located at Buu Long and Cogido. Therefore, the above mentioned would all be handled and operated as a single command.
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  	Carr, John L: 1970c
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  	Carr, John L: 1975 He was allegedly delighted to be placing his daughter aboard a flight en route her honeymoon.

  
  

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  	Carr, John L: 1949-06-07 USMA graduation West Point Graduates Carr John L Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Carr of 173 Harrison Av., is among the cadets graduating this June from the U.S. Military Academy. Carr is a gradute from Regis High School, New York City, and later attended Newark College of Engineering, Newark, prior to receiving his appointment to West Point from Hon. Mary T. Norton, 13th New Jersey District. While at the academy he held the rank of cadet sergeant and was a Catholic Chaple Acolyte. Upon graduation he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps.
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  	Carr, John L: 1956 > After Action Report for Project 572 West
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  [S250] 1930 United States Federal Census. Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census.Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls.Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, ED 90, roll 1375, page , image 855.0. [S284] U.S. City Directories (Beta), Database online. Record for Jeanne B Carr [S378] 1940 United States Federal Census. [S378] 1940 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2406; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 24-187. Record for Louis D Carr