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Personal info

Full name
LIPPERT, Vernon Elroy
Date of birth
9 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Verona, LaMoure County, North Dakota
Hometown
LaMoure County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37567770
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aldringen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 22

Immediate family

Members
Herman P. Lippert (father)
Anna (Hansen) Lippert (mother)
Myrtle M. Lippert (sister)
Richard Lippert (brother)
Evelyn L. Lippert (sister)
Wanna A. Lippert (sister)
Philip Lippert (brother)
Gordon Lippert (brother)

More information

Vernon Lippert graduated from Verona High School, where he was prominent in athletics.

He trained at Camp Fannin, Texas, Butler University, Indiana and Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#3, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Miranda Meish Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Douglas Barry, Verona High School yearbook 1945