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Personal info

Full name
KNAPP, John Jr
Date of birth
5 February 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Czechoslovakia
Hometown
Paint, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33245459
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Messenger
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John Knapp Sr. (father)
Mary Knapp (mother)
Mary Knapp (sister)
George Knapp (brother)
Mike Knapp (brother)

More information

Pfc John Knapp Jr. enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 29 May 1942.

His remains were never recovered.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel