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Personal info

Full name
EARP, Troy Richard
Date of birth
5 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Matthews, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34602536
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Wincheringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John M. Earp (father)
Zenora (Benton) Earp (mother)
Mary B. Earp (sister)
John Z. Earp (brother)
Walter L. Earp (brother)
Edna M. Earp (sister)
David J. Earp (brother)
L. M. Earp (brother)
Frankie Earp (brother)
Teddy Earp (brother)
William Earp (brother)
Barbara A. Earp (sister)
Hazel (Hatcher) Earp (wife)

More information

T/5 Troy R. Earp attended Bain High school at Mint Hill for three years and was a route man.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 21 January 1943.

T/5 Earp is remembered at Evergreen Burial Place in Mint Hill, North Carolina with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com – The Charlotte Observer 3 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Susan I. Grills / Christine Applegate, The Charlotte Observer - 3 March 1945