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Personal info

Full name
KNAPP, Floyd Edward
Date of birth
29 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Delaware County, New York

Military service

Service number
32749546
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 7

Immediate family

Members
Edward G. Knapp (father)
Evelyn (Rosa) Knapp (mother)
George W. Knapp (brother)
Mable E. Knapp (sister)
Dorothy B. Knapp (sister)
Victor D. Knapp (brother)
Ruth L. Knapp (sister)
Raymond H. Knapp (brother)
Albert S. Knapp (brother)
James R. Knapp (brother)

More information

Pfc Floyd E. Knapp attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted in Utica, New York on 20 February 1943.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1930 Census / Ferraro Knapp Hoag Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten