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Personal info

Full name
PIPA, Louis
Date of birth
27 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32887658
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vagney, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 42

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Pipa (father)
Jessie (Proper) Pipa (mother)
Joseph Pipa (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis Pipa was employed by the Art Adhesive Products Inc.

He enlisted in New York, New York on 12 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his heart.

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