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Personal info

Full name
RAPP, Donald William
Date of birth
22 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sublette, Lee County, Illinois
Hometown
Sublette, Lee County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16001109
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Edward M. Rapp (father)
Katherine M. (Koehler) Rapp (mother)
Adam T. Rapp (brother)
Bernice M. Rapp (sister)
Edward W. Rapp (brother)
John A. Rapp (brother)
Mildred E. Rapp (sister)
Leroy F. Rapp (brother)
Clarence P. Rapp (brother)
Vernon G. Rapp (brother)
Ellen K. Rapp (sister)
Margaret H. (Pendleton) Rapp (wife)
Donna L. Rapp (daughter)
Peggy A. Rapp (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Donald W. Rapp attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 21 August 1940.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Becker Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Dixon Evening Telegraph 5 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Kaycee Clark, The Salt Lake Tribune 28 January 1945