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Personal info

Full name
BOPP, Robert P
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
32848931
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vielsalm, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 9

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Bopp (father)
Josephine Bopp (mother)
Charles A. Bopp Jr. (brother)
Marion L. (Keane) Bopp (wife)
Howard R. Bopp (son)

More information

Robert Bopp was a ticket agent for the Binghamton terminal of Greyhoud Line.

He enlisted on 27 March 1943 in Binghamton, New York and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Sgt Bopp never saw his son who was born after he departed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin