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TSGT Gerald H. Poplett

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TSGT Gerald H. Poplett

Birth
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Mar 1944 (aged 23)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7122136, Longitude: -89.6156721
Plot
Section B 358 Grave 1 GHS
Memorial ID
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TSgt. Poplett was killed in action on 3-28-1944 while flying as a top-turret gunner on a B-17G Bomber, "Passionate Witch" over France.

He is the husband of Mrs. Jayne {Hatfield} Poplett of Peoria, Illinois, and the father of one child, Miss Roberta Jayne Poplett of Peoria, Illinois, and the son of Mr. Wilbur & Mrs. Kate {Hartman} Poplett of Peoria, and he is a 1939 graduate of Peoria H.S., and was employed at the Le Tourneau Co. of Peoria before his enlistment on June 20, 1942 in Peoria.
TSgt. Poplett was killed in action on 3-28-1944 while flying as a top-turret gunner on a B-17G Bomber, "Passionate Witch" over France.

He is the husband of Mrs. Jayne {Hatfield} Poplett of Peoria, Illinois, and the father of one child, Miss Roberta Jayne Poplett of Peoria, Illinois, and the son of Mr. Wilbur & Mrs. Kate {Hartman} Poplett of Peoria, and he is a 1939 graduate of Peoria H.S., and was employed at the Le Tourneau Co. of Peoria before his enlistment on June 20, 1942 in Peoria.

Inscription

TSGT, 728 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II



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