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Personal info

Full name
KEIPER, Johnson T
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
32217430
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbachter Heck - Dom Bütgenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 44

Immediate family

Members
Johnson Keiper (father)
Anna Keiper (mother)
Prudence Keiper (sister)
Wertman Keiper (brother)
Malcolm Keiper (brother)

More information

T/5 Johnson T. Keiper enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 16 February 1942.
He attended Pocono Lake township school prior working to New York state. He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet