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Personal info

Full name
HIPPER, Gerhardt Jerry
Date of birth
3 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36036584
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marieulles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 67

Immediate family

Members
Kurt Hipper (father)
Margaret (Gandeck) Burmeister (mother)
Otto Hipper (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Gerhardt J. Hipper attended high school for two years and was a stock clerk.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 14 June 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / https://www.7tharmddiv.org

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