PFC. PAPE, William Henry
Service number: 32220044
Age: 35
Born: June 24, 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family:
John Theodore Pape, Sr. (father)
Marie Sophie (nee Dohrmann) Pape (mother)
Lt. John Theodore Pape, Jr. (brother)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: April 9, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: vicinity of Gelbecke, Germany
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot O, Row 9, Grave 9
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 27, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York
Other information: Findagrave member ET has suggested the following
Pfc. William Henry Pape enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 27 February 1942.
He was graduated from Brooklyn schools and was employed at the B.M.T. shop, Coney Island, and the Bell Telephone Company prior to entering the army. He served in Iceland and later in England, France and Belgium. He was awarded the good Conduct Medal, May 4, 1943.
He was first buried at Block KK, Row 5, Grave 103.
Service number: 32220044
Age: 35
Born: June 24, 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family:
John Theodore Pape, Sr. (father)
Marie Sophie (nee Dohrmann) Pape (mother)
Lt. John Theodore Pape, Jr. (brother)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: April 9, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: vicinity of Gelbecke, Germany
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot O, Row 9, Grave 9
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 27, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York
Other information: Findagrave member ET has suggested the following
Pfc. William Henry Pape enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 27 February 1942.
He was graduated from Brooklyn schools and was employed at the B.M.T. shop, Coney Island, and the Bell Telephone Company prior to entering the army. He served in Iceland and later in England, France and Belgium. He was awarded the good Conduct Medal, May 4, 1943.
He was first buried at Block KK, Row 5, Grave 103.
PFC. PAPE, William Henry
Service number: 32220044
Age: 35
Born: June 24, 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family:
John Theodore Pape, Sr. (father)
Marie Sophie (nee Dohrmann) Pape (mother)
Lt. John Theodore Pape, Jr. (brother)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: April 9, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: vicinity of Gelbecke, Germany
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot O, Row 9, Grave 9
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 27, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York
Other information: Findagrave member ET has suggested the following
Pfc. William Henry Pape enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 27 February 1942.
He was graduated from Brooklyn schools and was employed at the B.M.T. shop, Coney Island, and the Bell Telephone Company prior to entering the army. He served in Iceland and later in England, France and Belgium. He was awarded the good Conduct Medal, May 4, 1943.
He was first buried at Block KK, Row 5, Grave 103.
Service number: 32220044
Age: 35
Born: June 24, 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Family:
John Theodore Pape, Sr. (father)
Marie Sophie (nee Dohrmann) Pape (mother)
Lt. John Theodore Pape, Jr. (brother)
Rank: Private First Class
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A Company
Date of death: April 9, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Germany
Spot: vicinity of Gelbecke, Germany
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot O, Row 9, Grave 9
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 27, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York
Other information: Findagrave member ET has suggested the following
Pfc. William Henry Pape enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 27 February 1942.
He was graduated from Brooklyn schools and was employed at the B.M.T. shop, Coney Island, and the Bell Telephone Company prior to entering the army. He served in Iceland and later in England, France and Belgium. He was awarded the good Conduct Medal, May 4, 1943.
He was first buried at Block KK, Row 5, Grave 103.
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Entered the service from New York.
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