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Personal info

Full name
APER, Henry Johnson
Date of birth
16 January 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Logan County, Illinois
Hometown
Logan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326141
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 21

Immediate family

Members
Benhart J. Aper (father)
Augusta C. (Hoeft) Aper (mother)
Rudolph Aper (brother)
Fredrich W. Aper (brother)
Lydia F. Aper (sister)
William J. Aper (brother)
Herman W. Aper (brother)
Althea C. Aper (sister)
Matilda J. Aper (sister)

More information

Sgt Henry J. Aper enlisted in Camp Grant, Illinois on 20 March 1942.
He attended 4 years of college and was a retail manager before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / Voight Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Cindy E
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Norman L. Aper