Missing information?

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

Submit

Personal info

Full name
SHOOP, Robert Lynwood "Bobby"
Date of birth
21 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Fannettsburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33510956
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 32

Immediate family

Members
Pearl K. Shoop (father)
Beulah M. (Woods) Shoop (mother)
Paul K. Shoop (brother)
Pearl W. Shoop (brother)
Rosa M. Shoop (sister)
Annabelle Shoop (sister)
Donald E. Shoop (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Shoop enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 9 June 1943.

At first, his parents were notifed he was missing in action on 10 January 1945 in Belgium. On 16 February 1945 they received a letter from the War Department notifiying his death. 3 Brothers served in the Army during WWII.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Helen Joan Hocker Shoop (sister in law), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com