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Personal info

Full name
HOOPER, Henry Leo
Date of birth
9 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Washington
Hometown
Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39206277
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierke-Braunlage, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Albert H. Hooper (father)
Andrew B. Hooper (grandfather)
Alice (Tippet) Hooper (grandmother)

More information

Shortly after Henry Hooper was born, his mother left him in the care of his father, Albert Henry Hooper, who served in the Navy for more than 30 years. So Henry lived with his grandparents. He was in the relay track team in junior high school. He was a mechanic.

Pfc Henry L. Hooper enlisted Seattle, Washington on 9 April 1943.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raf Dyckmans, Eric D. Schabell, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, http://www.schabell.org/p/pfc-henry-l-hooper.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marc van den Berkmortel via Eric D. Schabell