Archives Entry - Joseph Elwood Carland
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Joseph Elwood Carland was born March 24, 1919 in Broken Bow, Nebraska, and
graduated high school in 1938 with high honors and a scholarship to attend the
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Agriculture College. He married Ruth Delight
Whitney on April 5, 1941. On August 25, 1944 Carland was inducted into the
United States Army, and arrived in England on March 7, 1945. Pvt. Joseph Elwood
Carland, 26 years old, was killed in action on April 5, 1945 in the vicinity of
Marburg, Germany, while his company was under attack. He was identified by his
officers and his identification tags.