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Personal info

Full name
KNOPP, James R
Date of birth
9 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Münster, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33108212
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 23

Immediate family

Members
James Knopp (father)
Magdeline Knopp (mother)
Mary Knopp (sister)
Edna Knopp (sister)
Myrtle Knopp (sister)
Ferdinand Knopp (brother)
Olive Knopp (sister)
Philomenia Knopp (sister)
Margaret Knopp (sister)
Joseph Knopp (brother)

More information

Cpl James R. Knopp enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 11 December 1941.

He was a farmhand before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications, http://www.509thgeronimo.org/soldierkambrickwj/soldierkambrickwj.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Florent Kalbusch, http://www.509thgeronimo.org