Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
RIPPINGER, Francis Emmett
Date of birth
6 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois
Hometown
Kane County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1287588
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Walbillig, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Rippinger (father)
Josephine V. (Schirtz) Rippinger (mother)
John P. Rippinger (brother)
Joseph A. Rippinger (brother)
James J. Rippinger (brother)
Emilie A. Rippinger (sister)
David J. Rippinger (brother)
Philip A. Rippinger (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Francis E. Rippinger graduated from Marmion Military Academy in 1937 and was a machinist before he enlisted.

He is also remembered at the Marywood Cemetery in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marmion Military Academy 1945, www.ancestry.com - d_rip54