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Personal info

Full name
UPHOFF, Louis
Date of birth
14 March 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Reading, Nobles County, Minnesota
Hometown
Adrian, Nobles County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37118752
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Illange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 31 21

Immediate family

Members
Louis G. Uphoff (father)
Elska (Miller) Uphoff (mother)
George Uphoff (brother)
Christina Uphoff (sister)
William G. Uphoff (brother)
Reka D. Uphoff (twin-sister)
Harm Uphoff (brother)

More information

Pvt Louis Uphoff enlisted on 20 March 1942 and trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas. He was sent overseas in February, 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / It’s all relative Family Tree, http://files.usgwarchives.net

Photo source: Service record - Nobles County, Minnesota