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Personal info

Full name
LIPTRAP, Daniel Phillip
Date of birth
23 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bath County, Virginia
Hometown
Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
6994527
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
774th Tank Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Hebronval-Ottré, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Dudley P. Liptrap (father)
Florence B. (Keyser) Liptrap (mother)
Enick A. Liptrap (sister)
Emily Liptrap (sister)
Mabel B. Liptrap (sister)
David F. Liptrap (brother)
Richard T. Liptrap (brother)
Walter B. Liptrap (brother)
Florence L. Liptrap (sister)

More information

Daniel Liptrap joined the Regular Army on 28 September 1939.

The 2nd Platoon of B Company lost two tanks by enemy fire that day. Four men were killed. Three are listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes Cemetery: Pfc Ralph M. Hammond, T/4 Arnold A. Pfaff and Sgt Daniel P. Liptrap. The platoon commander, 2nd Lt Lloyd M. Merrit is buried at Henri-Chapelle Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Wolfe Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 774 Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.findagrave.com