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Personal info

Full name
CULPEPPER, John Columbus
Date of birth
25 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Hometown
Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34973429
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 24

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Culpepper (father)
Myrtle B. (Alligood) Culpepper (mother)
Willis A. Culpepper (brother)
James A. Culpepper (brother)
Elbie O. Culpepper (brother)
Carrol C. Culpepper (brother)
Helen L. Culpepper (sister)
Hettie E. (Register) Culpepper (wife)
Ronald K. Culpepper (son)

More information

Pvt John C. Culpepper worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 24 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kelley Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy