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Personal info

Full name
NOPIO, Louis
Date of birth
14 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33408147
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Mary (Divico) Nopio (mother)
Irene Nopio (wife)

More information

Pfc Louis Nopio was a furnace man employed by the Superior Bronze Co. before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 19 December 1942. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy