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Personal info

Full name
LOOPER, James Arthur
Date of birth
3 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Red Fork, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Guthrie, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38698816
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kehmen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 46

Immediate family

Members
Isaac B. Looper (father)
Mollie S. (Stewart) Looper (mother)
Ethel E. Looper (sister)
William O. Looper (brother)
Bessie M. Looper (sister)
Opal I. (Stephens) Looper (wife)
Ronny K. Looper (son)
Carolyn J. Looper (daughter)

More information

Sgt James A. Looper graduated from the Tulsa Central High School in 1941 and was employed at W.C. Norris Company.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 29 April 1944 and arrived in Europe in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Donnick Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Central High School 1941, Tulsa World - 1 February 1945