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Personal info

Full name
VANDERSYPEN, Felix Leopold
Date of birth
15 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34152090
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kleinhau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 7 21

Immediate family

Members
Louis Vandersypen (father)
Mary L. (Peterman) Vandersypen (mother)
Edward P. Vandersypen (brother)
Alphonse W. Vandersypen (brother)
Joseph H. Vandersypen (brother)
Mary E. Vandersypen (sister)
Edmond L. Vandersypen (brother)
Fabian M. Vandersypen (brother)
Theresa A. Vandersypen (sister)
Johana L. Vandersypen (sister)
John J. Vandersypen (brother)
Henri J. Vandersypen (half-brother)

More information

Pfc Felix L. Vandersypen graduated from Menard Memorial High School in 1938.

He enlisted at Jacksonville AAF, Louisiana on 6 October 1941.

Both his parents were born in Belgium.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com - Audrey Chatelain Vandersypen, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930/1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/ - After Action Report 8th Infantry Division, 1 - 31 December 1944, www.newspaper.com - The Weekly Town Talk

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaper.com - The Weekly Town Talk