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Personal info

Full name
KLEPFER, Robert Edward
Date of birth
28 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
Hometown
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36771672
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Breuch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Theodore R. Klepfer (father)
Minnie (Getz) Klepfer (mother)
Eleanor M. Klepfer (sister)
Bernard Klepfer (brother)
Ruth M. Klepfer (sister)
Richard L. Klepfer (brother)
Edith B. (Herron) Klepfer (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Klepfer graduated from the Spalding Institute in 1930 and was employed with his father in the American Freight Lines and the American Transport Service of Peoria.

He enlisted in 1943 and was sent overseas by May 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa Birth and Christenings Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - David C. Henderson, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-of-fallen.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - twh61606