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Personal info

Full name
SOOP, Lyle J
Date of birth
21 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36890845
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 9

Immediate family

Members
Lyle F. Soop (father)
Elsie K. (Altman) Soop (mother)
Earl F. Soop (brother)
Virginia Soop (sister)
Rosalie Soop (wife)

More information

Cpl Lyle J. Soop was first buried at Plot T, Row 8, Grave 142.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, William A. Soop (nephew), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, William A. Soop