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SIPPEL, Ollie Leo - Date of
birth
24 August 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio -
Hometown
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35796121 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Frauenberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edward W. Sippel (father)
Margaret R. (Wies) Sippel (mother)
Edward W. Sippel Jr. (brother)
Frank E. Sippel (brother)
John J. Sippel (brother)
Thomas L. Sippel (brother)
More information
Sgt Ollie L. Sippel attended St. Boniface School and was employed at the Hartzell's Veneer Plant before he enlisted in March 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.He was reported missing in action, while attempting to cross the Blies river in a boat near Frauenberg, Germany. The river was about 50 yards wide and at flood stage at the time of the incident.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hanson