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Personal info

Full name
TABER, Capper Rene
Date of birth
8 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Quinton, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Quinton, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38470270
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 17

Immediate family

Members
Isaac N. Taber (father)
Dollie C. (Fryar) Taber (mother)
Vernon F. Taber (brother)

More information

Capper Taber enlisted on 1 June 1943. and was sent overseas in February 1944.

Pvt Capper R. Taber was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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 / Kennell Stevenson Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Alester News Capital 24 January 1945