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Personal info

Full name
CHOPSON, George Elwin
Date of birth
22 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Licking County, Ohio
Hometown
Utica, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35503240
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Urspelt, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 8

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Chopson (father)
Olive G. Chopson (mother)
Grace M. Chopson (sister)
Gladys M. Chopson (sister)
Esther Chopson (sister)
Clyde R. Chopson (brother)
Charles J. Chopson (brother)
Irma L. Chopson (sister)

More information

T/5 George E. Chopson worked on the family farm.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 16 July 1942 and received his training at Camp Croft, South Carolina, Camp Clairborne, Louisiana and Camp Swift, Texas.

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 / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate 15 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Licking County Library "In the Company of Heroes"