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Personal info

Full name
ROOP, Richard Earl
Date of birth
11 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737408
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 32

Immediate family

Members
Edward E. Roop (father)
Ada F. (Roper) Roop (mother)
Eugene W. Roop (brother)
George P. Roop (brother)
Elizabeth J. Roop (sister)
Cora F. Roop (sister)
Alice M. Roop (sister)
Charles E. Roop (brother)
Rebecca J. Roop (wife)
Earline Roop (daughter)
Richard L. Roop (son)

More information

Pfc Richard E. Roop attended high school for two years and was employed at the Pacific Fruit Express before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 March 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
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 / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – R & S, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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