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Personal info

Full name
ROPER, Erby Howard
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36458353
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rollesbroich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 66

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Roper (father)
Lanie Roper (mother)
Albert R. Roper (brother)
Earnest E. Roper (brother)
Louis W. Roper (brother)
Charles A. Roper Jr. (brother)
Ralph Roper (brother)
Elizabeth Roper (sister)
Roscoe Roper (sister)
Ralph Roper (brother)
James Roper (brother)
Franklin Roper (brother)
Lila Roper (sister)
Rolene D. (Okke) Roper (wife)

More information

Pfc Erby H. Roper was a driver for Stalkamp Brothers of Zeeland, Michigan before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 25 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Grand Rapids Press 4 January 1945, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper / Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / Lull Allen Family Tree / McGillivray Reynolds Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Grand Rapids Press - 4 January 1945, Bryan Knapen (primary sentinel)