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Personal info

Full name
LOVEKAMP, Ivan L
Date of birth
9 March 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri
Hometown
Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37646062
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Badem-Metterich, east of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 14

Immediate family

Members
Lorenz E. Lovekamp (father)
Jessie D. (Beck) Lovekamp (mother)
Olen L. Lovekamp (brother)
Carl L. Lovekamp (brother)
Reba F. Lovekamp (sister)

More information

Pfc Ivan L. Lovekamp attended 3 years of high school before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 1 September 1944.

He is also remembered at the Queen City Cemetery, Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / JD Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Bevil Cohn / Kristi, Queen City Monitor-Leader - 5 April 1945