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Personal info

Full name
SHOUPE, Raleigh Albert
Date of birth
3 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Smyth County, Virginia
Hometown
Smyth County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33650849
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Uckerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 27

Immediate family

Members
Guss B. Shoupe (father)
Rachel Shoupe (mother)
Earnest Shoupe (brother)
Janice Shoupe Barbrow (daughter)

More information

Raleigh A. Shoupe enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 24 May 1943. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Army Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten