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Personal info

Full name
REPPERT, Burton Hartman
Date of birth
26 July 1912
Age
30
Place of birth
Espy, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Espy, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13103641
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 July 1943
Place of death
Near Gonesse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 8

Immediate family

Members
William S. Reppert (father)
Edna M. (Hartman) Reppert (mother)
Darrell E. Reppert (brother)
Cleota F. Reppert (sister)
Catherine O. Reppert (sister)
Vera E. Reppert (sister)
Ethel M. Reppert (sister)
Vivian O. Reppert (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3071
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Le Bourget airfield near Paris, France
Mission: Bombing of the airport
MACR: 113

More information

S/Sgt Burton H. Reppert enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 19 September 1942.

The airplane was damaged by fighters near the target. 2 KIA 2 POW 6 Evaded

He is remembered at the Greveling Cemetery, Almedia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Gary Roberts, www.ancestry.com - James Hartman