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Personal info

Full name
CEPAR, Andrew
Date of birth
28 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32193950
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Near Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 51

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Cepar (father)
Jennie (Radovich) Cepar (mother)
Phyllis Cepar (sister)

More information

Sgt Andrew Cepar attended high school for 4 years and was employed as a carpenter.

He enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 19 January 1942. He died of wounds received on 17 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card, The Jersey Journal - 7 December 1944.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy