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Personal info

Full name
SCHREPFER, George Henry
Date of birth
15 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Haid, Bavaria, Germany
Hometown
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35896112
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Marienburg-Palenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Heinrich Schrepfer (father)
Marie Schrepfer (sister)
Andrew Schrepfer (brother)

More information

Pvt George Schrepfer immigrated with his sister on 22 August 1923 and sailed with the SS Kroonland from Hamburg, Germany to New York City, New York under the name Georg Schrepfer. He was born as Heinrich Schrepfer.

He graduated from Hammond Tech High School and was the proprietor of the Green Grill lunchroom in Calumet City for several years

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 4 October 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.ancestry.com - Naturalization Record / New York Passenger List, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet