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Personal info

Full name
RAPP, Charles G
Date of birth
2 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13157138
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 20 26

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Rapp (father)
Jeanne F. Rapp (mother)
Frank L. Rapp (brother)
Kathryn L. Rapp (sister)

More information

Sgt Charles G. Rapp graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1942 and went to college to study medicin, where he played football and basketball.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 13 February 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Ron Decker, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ralph Peeters, Ron Decker