Missing information?

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

Submit

Personal info

Full name
RUPP, Henry J
Date of birth
5 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Harburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32818835
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wettlingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Anton Rupp (father)
Theresia (Streifeneder) Rupp (mother)
Theresia Rupp (sister)
Andonia Rupp (sister)
Anthony Rupp (brother)
Mary Rupp (sister)

More information

Pfc Henry J. Rupp immigrated with his father in May 1934. He was employed at Merkels Incorporated.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 27 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rupp Family Tree / 1940 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.wwiimemorial.com – Elvira & Anthony J. Hien