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Personal info

Full name
TIPPETT, James Francis
Date of birth
7 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Indian Orchards, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31050010
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Sarrebourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 10

Immediate family

Members
William N. Tippett (father)
Cora C. (Hayden) Tippett (mother)
William N. Tippett Jr. (brother)
Ernest A. Tippett (brother)
Edward L. Tippett (brother)
Horace A. Tippett (brother)
Robert H. Tippett (brother)
Donald H. Tippett (brother)
Richard Tippett (brother)

More information

Sgt James F. Tippett attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 6 August 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / McDougall Piltzecker Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M