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Personal info

Full name
TOOPES, William W
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
20512987
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Homer W. Toopes (father)
Lillian M. (Duffy) Toopes (mother)
Dorothy E. Toopes (sister)
Paul E. Toopes (brother)
Eva L. (Travis) Toopes (wife)

More information

Pvt William W. Toopes was a clerk before he joined the National Guard in Columbus, Ohio on 15 October 1940.

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, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lynn Gurchik Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo