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STROUP, Richard Chester - Date of
birth
5 April 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Hot Spring County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38516038 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
280th Engineer Combat Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 March 1945 - Place of
death
Rhine river, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 14 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Arch C. Stroup (father)
Nobie (Chandler) Stroup (mother)
Bettie S. Stroup (sister)
Louise Stroup (sister)
Cynthia A. Stroup (2nd wife)
Hazel J. Stroup (daughter)
More information
T/5 Richard C. Stroup enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 6 September 1943.T/5 Stroup is remembered at Prairie Bayou Cemetery in DeRoche, Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Caudle Family Tree / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card, Clarion-Ledger - 12 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Widowmate