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Personal info

Full name
LOPER, Eugene Leroy
Date of birth
22 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Hometown
Haddonfield, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32065403
Rank
Master Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart,
French Croix de Guerre

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Near the Urfttalsperre dam, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 7 23

Immediate family

Members
unknown

More information

M/Sgt Eugene L. Loper graduated from Glassboro High School and was a clerk before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 April 1941.

He lived with his aunt, Mrs. Roscoe V. Cramer.

He was alreday a veteran of the North African and Italian campaigns.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Frederic Blais