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Personal info

Full name
SHUPE, Dwight Lowe
Date of birth
6 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
13064908
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles O. Shupe (father)
Mary E. (Lowe) Shupe (mother)
Flora L. Shupe (sister)
Charles A. Shupe (brother)
Kenneth C. Shupe (brother)
Doran E. Shupe (brother)
Mildred P. Shupe (sister)
Opal L. Shupe (sister)
Doris J. Shupe (sister)
Vivian M. Shupe (sister)
Shirley Shupe (sister)

More information

Sgt Dwight L. Shupe graduated from Johnson County High School in 1941 and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 20 June 1942.

He is remembered at the Philippi Cemetery in Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee.

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 / Tegtmeier Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman / Aleta Stafford
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S / Aleta Stafford, www.newspapers.com - Johnson County News, Tennessee - 26 October 1944