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Personal info

Full name
PEPPERS, Cyrus Jasper Jr
Date of birth
1 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Girard, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37721163
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
748th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Hornburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 22

Immediate family

Members
Cyrus J. Peppers Sr. (father)
Leona M. (Rhodes) Peppers (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38026
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a tank factory
MACR: 9770

More information

S/Sgt Cyrus J. Peppers Jr. attended Girard High School before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 3 September 1943.

Twenty-five to fifty Me-109s and FW-190s attacked the group just before the initial point of the bombing run.
The airplane exploded in the air and burned after the crash. One crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight men were killed.

S/Sgt Peppers didn’t bail out.

He is remembered at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman / Shane
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMarRo / Shane, www.ancestry.com – Sue Murphy