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Personal info

Full name
SCHIPPEFELT, Leopold Julianus
Date of birth
14 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36395830
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kommerscheidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 50

Immediate family

Members
Alfonse Schippefelt (father)
Louise Schippefelt (mother)
Rachel Schippefelt (sister)
Adrienne Schippefelt (sister)
Helena Schippefelt (sister)
Mary J. (Brees) Schippefelt (wife)
Mary Lou Schippefelt (daughter)

More information

Pfc Leopold J. Schippefelt enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 19 March 1942.
Before entering the service he owned a beauty shop on Diversy Avenue, Chicago.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Mary Ellen’s Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, U.S. Jewish Servicemen Cards / U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-6.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet