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Personal info

Full name
SUPPES, Jacob
Date of birth
28 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Marion County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36166604
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 7 20

Immediate family

Members
William H. Suppes Sr. (father)
Katherine (Donis) Suppes (mother)
William H. Suppes Jr. (brother)
Dorothy Suppes (sister)
Lillian (Oakes) Suppes (wife)

More information

Cpl Jacob Suppes enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan on 15 January 1942.

Cpl Jacob Suppes first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Block YY, Row 8, Grave 193.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Saginaw News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Saginaw (MI) Library, Saginaw News