Raymond enlisted in the Army at Ft Benning, GA on 15 October 1940.

Pvt Carroll was transferred from the 506th PIR [then in Camp  Toccoa, GA] to Company D, 508th PIR on 25 February 1943.  Two months later he was appointed to the rank of Corporal on 12 April and then in another 2 months to Sgt on 1 June,

Unfortunately he lost those three stripes on 14 July. 

Initially placed on detached duty to the 69th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby, MS, Pvt Carroll was subsequently transferred permanently to the 69th Infantry Division..

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Application for Headstone or Marker for MSgt Raymond E. Parker shows that he was in the 7th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division  when he was killed in action in Korea on 4 June 1951.

Also shown are his original enlistment date (written in red) of 15 October 1940 and a re-enlistment date of 17 October 1947.

Not shown is that he was in I Company, 3rd Battalion.

Grave marker for MSgt Raymond E. Carroll  in the Toccoa Cemetery, Toccoa (Stephens), GA.

MSgt Carroll is one of nine area men memorialized on  this stone outside the Toccoa City Hall, Toccoa, GA.

The remaining elements of his service career were summarized in the Korean War Casualty Listings:

Master Sergeant Carroll was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 4, 1951.

Master Sergeant Carroll was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Note1:  The reference to "North Korea" is not a typo.  The following was taken from a 1st Cavalry site

"Stopped at Seoul on 15 May, the Chinese shifted three armies to the east and assisted by rain and fog, attempted a go around maneuver in the dark and attacked the center UNC forces. The 8th Army pushed them back to Line "Kansas". Later the First Team moved deeper into North Korea to distract the enemy from its central offensive, reaching the towns of Yonchon and Chorwon, at the base of the Chinese central supply base of the "Iron Triangle".

After a week of hard fighting, the line was stabilized and X Corps assumed the offensive which gave the 1st Cavalry Division the opportunity to resume its movement north towards Sochon-ni just north of the 38th parallel. On 24 May, the Division crossed the Line "Topeka" and two days later reached Sochon-ni which was located on Line "Kansas". Patrol bases established north of Line "Kansas" marked the third time that the First Team crossed the 38th parallel.

June was a period in which each regiment established battalion sized patrol bases which was a new tactic designed especially for the terrain and battle conditions of Korea. Such bases had a supporting element and, by utilizing perimeter defenses, they could not be easily overrun. The bases were situated on prominent terrain features and utilized this height advantage to inflict a terrible toll on the enemy who employed "human wave" tactics. Improving on the defenses of Line "Kansas", a new Line "Wyoming" was established approximately 35 miles north of Line "Kansas".

Note 2:  The incursion into North Korea came when Operation RUGGED was launched.  It was designed to secure a new line, Kansas, just north of the 38th Parallel. The second, Operation DAUNTLESS saw the UN forces continue twenty miles farther to the north to another line, designated Wyoming. Wyoming would then be transformed into a heavily defended outpost line. When the Communists opened their next offensive, the forces along Wyoming were to conduct a fighting withdrawal south to Line Kansas, while causing the maximum amount of casualties and disruption to the enemy."

The UN forces held the Kansas and Wyoming lines through June 1951 and it must have been during the multiple fire-fights in this area that MSgt Carroll was killed.