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Personal info

Full name
TERPSTRA, Theodore
Date of birth
15 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Grundy County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36684625
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 42

Immediate family

Members
Klaas Terpstra (father)
Nellie (Bruinius) Terpstra (mother)
Peter Terpstra (brother)
Gerrit K. Terpstra (brother)
William T. Terpstra (brother)
Mildred (Paxton) Terpstra (wife)

More information

Pvt Theodore Terpstra attended high school for two years and was a painter.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy