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Personal info

Full name
PEEPLES, George W
Date of birth
19 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34837690
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Samuel H. Peeples (father)
Agnes Peeples (mother)
Howard E. Peeples (brother)
Beulah M. Peeples (sister)
Virginia Peeples (sister)
Melbeth Peeples (sister)
Glenn Peeples (brother)
Alba M. (Simmons) Peeples (wife)
Herbert W. Peeples (son)
Joyce A. Peeples (daughter)

More information

Pvt George W. Peeples was married to Alba Mae Simmons on 30 November 1940

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 27 June 1944.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Florida, County Marriages, 1823-1982, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, www.ancestry.com - Florida, Jacksonville Area Obituary Collection, 1851-2009