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Personal info

Full name
SOPER, Edwin Elwood Jr
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Kennebunk, York County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31322819
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Edwin E. Soper Sr. (father)
Della H. Soper (mother)
Lois Soper (sister)
Elizabeth Soper (sister)
Roxie Soper (sister)
Lorraine (Leach) Soper (wife)

More information

Pfc Edwin E. Soper Jr. attended high school for 4 years and was a meatcutter before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 26 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / Jeffrey James
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