Carroll Tilson was born on 19 August 1925, the son of Elbert N. “Ebb” Tilson and Nora Tilson.
He Died of wounds on 16 September 1944
Buried at Clear Branch Church Cemetery, Unicoi Co, TN
Private
133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, Company C
The Erwin Record, 3 March 1949
The body of Pvt. Carroll B. Tilson will arrive Saturday morning on the Tennessean in Johnson City, and will be brought to the home of his father, Ebb Tilson, R 2, Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. for reburial. Funeral services will be held at Clearbranch Baptist Church. Interment will be made in the family cemetery nearby. Full military honors will be accorded by the funeral detail of Unaka Post 25, American Legion. Pvt. Tilson, born August 25, 1925, was inducted into the Army November 21, 1943. He took six months basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., was sent overseas May 26, 1944, and entering the Italian campaign was wounded September 14, 1944 and died two days later. He is the son of Mr. Ebb Tilson and the late Mrs. Tilson. Other survivors include three brothers, Dee, Ralph and Clifford Tilson; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Hensley, all of R. 2, Erwin.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 19 August 1925
- Date of death: 16 September 1944
- County: Unicoi
- Hometown: Erwin
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Clear Branch Church Cemetery, Unicoi County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XIX, Top Panel
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