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Personal info

Full name
STRIPLING, Gordon Allen
Date of birth
24 October 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36643965
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Melay and La Mer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 50

Immediate family

Members
Albert R. Stripling (father)
Gladys A. (Whitcomb) Stripling (mother)
Calvin Stripling (brother)
Donna Lee Stripling (sister)
Evelyn Stripling (sister)

More information

Pfc Gordon A. Stripling was employed by the Boyar And Schultz Corporation before he enlisted on 19 December 1942.

He was awarded with the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on 17 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the back.

Pfc Stripling is remembered at Irving Park Cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Deena