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Personal info

Full name
SHUPE, Robert George
Date of birth
12 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Montgomery County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
3390126
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 32

Immediate family

Members
James W. Shupe (father)
Ottie Lee (Crigger) Shupe (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert Shupe enlisted on 10 December 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland.

He joined his unit from replacement depot on 3 August 1944.
He was promoted to Private First Class on 20 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Lockhart Henry Family Tree

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com