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Personal info

Full name
LIPPS, Edwin F
Date of birth
20 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Meriden, Jefferson County, Kansas
Hometown
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37477121
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
387th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Shirnding, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 10

Immediate family

Members
Edgar Lipps (father)
Margaret (Hickman) Lipps (mother)
Kenneth Lipps (brother)
Minnie Lipps (sister)
Bobby Lipps (brother)
Jerry Lipps (brother)
Charles W. Lipps (brother)
Virginia F. (Veon) Lipps (wife)
Jacqueline Lipps (daughter)

More information

Pfc Edwin F. Lipps worked at the Dempster Shell Factory before he enlisted at Fort Leonard Wood on 31 March 1943.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Jewish Service Card / Katherine Bergstrom, www.newspapers.com - The Beatrice Daily, 22 June 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Beatrice Times, 10 May 1945