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Personal info

Full name
SUPPLE, John F Jr
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11058157
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 40

Immediate family

Members
John F. Supple (father)
Philomene M. (Couillard) Supple (mother)
Patricia Supple (sister)

More information

Leominster, 26 February - Pfc John F Supple Jr, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Supple of 41 Low street, listed on 6 January as missing in action in Belgium since 16 December, is now listed as having been killed on that date, according to a telegram received from the war department by his parents.
Pfc John F. Supple Jr. entered the service on 25 June 1943 and went overseas the following October. He was the holder of the Good Conduct Medal and the Expert Infantry's Medals.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family trees, Fitchburg Sentinel 26 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet