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Personal info

Full name
TRIPP, John Robert "Bobby"
Date of birth
23 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Anderson County, South Carolina
Hometown
Anderson County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34933736
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 14 13

Immediate family

Members
Harry B. Tripp (father)
Ossie M. (Parrish) Tripp (mother)
George B. Tripp (brother)

More information

Pvt John R. Tripp attended Anderson High School before he entered the armed services in August 1944 and went overseas January 1945.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - Fortune favored the brave, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, The Independent 8 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Independent 8 March 1945/13 March 1945