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Personal info

Full name
ROPER, Elbert Paul
Date of birth
30 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Pickens County, South Carolina
Hometown
Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34931348
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 21 23

Immediate family

Members
William W. Roper (father)
Sarah J. Roper (mother)
Lidie E. Roper (sister)
Joel E. Roper (brother)
William M. Roper (brother)
John C. Roper (brother)
Dorothy M. (Trotter) Roper (wife)
Olin W. Roper (son)
Calvin Roper (son)

More information

Pfc Elbert P. Roper was employed by the Alice Manufacturing Co. in Easley.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 21 January 1944. He had been overseas nine months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspaper.com - The Greenville News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaper.com - The Greenville News