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Personal info

Full name
PEPPER, Fred James Jr
Date of birth
9 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois
Hometown
Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36662152
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Remichampagne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 8 25

Immediate family

Members
Fred J. Pepper (father)
Elba Pepper (mother)
Arthur Pepper (brother)
Dale Pepper (brother)
Jackie Pepper (brother)
Joy E. Pepper (sister)

More information

Sgt Fred J. Pepper was employed at the National Manufacturing Company in Sterling, Illinois before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Joy E. Pelton, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: Peter Schouteten