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Personal info

Full name
ROUPE, Acie Earl
Date of birth
27 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Wylandville, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Eighty Four, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33286189
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ernzen, North of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 52

Immediate family

Members
Ace E. Roupe Sr. (father)
Rachel W. (Pees) Roupe (mother)
James R. Roupe (brother)
John E. Roupe (brother)
Curtis W. Roupe (brother)

More information

Cpl Acie E. Roupe graduated from Trinity High School and was a construction foreman by the Jessop Steel Company.

He enlisted in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on 30 July 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1943.

Cpl Roupe was killed by shrapnel.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Rachel’s Fam Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S School Yearbooks, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Trinity High School, 1940, The Washington Reporter - 6 March 1945