Two Death Certificates for a Soldier

I found another death certificate filed in two states. The difference from the prior finding is that the death occurred in North Carolina instead of Pennsylvania and that the deceased was an active member of the military when he died.

Carl Bagley Duryee (1918-1942) resided in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey with his parents, Stanley Loveman Duryee (1893-1978) and Elsie Lee Waite (1893-1971). Around July of 1941, he enlisted in the United States Army to serve in World War II. He was sent for training to Camp Davis in Onslow County, North Carolina. While stationed there, he married Selma Helen ONeil (1916-2012) on December 21, 1941.

Within three weeks of his marriage, Carl was admitted to the military hospital at Camp Davis with a brain bleed followed by clotting and pneumonia. He lingered for four weeks, dying on February 4, 1942.

A death certificate was filed in North Carolina. These death certificates are available online in a database on Ancestry (North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976).

Death certificate filed in North Carolina
Carl Bagley Duryee
died February 4, 1942 in North Carolina
while a soldier in the United States Army

A death certificate was also filed in New Jersey. These are not online, but rather on microfilm in the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton.

Death certificate filed in New Jersey
Carl Bagley Duryee
died February 4, 1942 in North Carolina
while a soldier in the United States Army

These death certificates do not indicate that Carl's condition was caused by external trauma. Maybe this was a natural stroke, in spite of his youth. His obituary did not mention the causes or circumstances of his death.

Carl's widow, Selma, remarried in 1945 to Aubrey B Howland (1914-2004). Carl's father "gave the bride away" at this ceremony in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Thank you, Carl Bagley Duryee, for your service.