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TEMPER, Ernest L - Date of
birth
13 May 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Huron, Erie County, Ohio -
Hometown
Huron, Erie County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1293494 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 November 1944 - Place of
death
Between Raffelsbrand and Simonskall, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 15 | 22 |
Immediate family
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Members
John C. Temper (father)
Mary S. (Palumbo) Temper (mother)
Lucille Temper (sister)
Edward P. Temper (brother)
An Temper (sister)
Lillian Temper (sister)
Mary Temper (sister)
Adeline Temper (sister)
Magdalene Temper (sister)
Teresa Temper (sister)
Carmel Temper (sister)
Theodore J. Temper (brother)
Janet (Firestone) Temper (wife)
More information
1st Lt Ernest L. Temper enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 28 May 1941 and married his wife Janet Firestone in September 1942.First Lieutenant Ernest L Temper was KIA in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.
Not far behind Lt Temper's outfit was that in which his brother Theodore (Ted) was serving, the 310st Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division.
Ted's unit was the one ordered forward to assist the wounded and bring back the dead. Fortunately, Ted was ordered to remain behind and thus spared the worst kind of hell in war, that of possibly discovering his dead brother. Ted survived the war and went back home. He was wounded by shrapnel fragments in the hip, which never could be removed.
Source of information: Ed and Anita Tiebax, Raf Dyckmans, IDPF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Macioce Majoy Family Tree / Temper Family Tree / 1930 Census / Ohio Obituary Index / Vermilion News - 1 October 1942 / U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, Unit Rapport 28th Inf Div November 1944 / Headstone and Interment Record
Photo source: Ed and Anita Tiebax