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Personal info

Full name
LEPINE, Fernand Joseph
Date of birth
2 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
42091585
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
The Rhine between Worms and Hamm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Cyrill Lepine (father)
Marie (Goupil) Lepine (mother)
Armido Lepine (brother)
Oral Lepine (brother)
Armin Lepine (brother)
Philip Lepine (brother)
Leopold Lepine (brother)
Emilio J. Lepine (brother)
Germaine Lepine (sister)
Henry Lepine (brother)

More information

Pfc Fernand J. Lepine attended high school for 2 years and was a carpenter before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 December 1943. He trained with Company D, 219th Infantry at Camp Blanding in Florida.
Pfc Lepine emigrated to the United States on 21 September 1926, arriving with the Niagara Railway in New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Naturalization Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S