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Personal info

Full name
RAUPE, Taori Glen
Date of birth
30 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan
Hometown
Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16014908
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 10 6

Immediate family

Members
Glen Raupe (father)
Ida M. (Schwartz) Raupe (mother)
Verna Raupe (sister)
Virginia M. Raupe (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Taori G. Raupe attended Kalkaska high school for four years before he joined the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 21 July 1941.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his arm.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kris Ziegler Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Angiul / Bruce Guy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Bruce Guy