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Personal info

Full name
PIPPIN, John H
Date of birth
12 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Hometown
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37051098
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Eilendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Louis A. Pippin (father)
Lucy B. (Sullivan) Pippin (mother)
Lovie G. Pippin (sister)
Sarah E. Pippin (sister)
Ruth R. Pippin (sister)
Hazel L. Pippin (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John H. Pippin enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 14 February 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Max Poorthuis, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Edith Salmons Family Tree, www.16thinfantry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Edith Salmons Family Tree, Southeast Missourian 26 October 1944