Database 83rd Infantry Division

Emil S Schroepfer (33440111)

Name Schroepfer, Emil S
Rank Private
Army Serial # 33440111
State Pennsylvania
Date of death 1944-08-26
Plot, Row, Grave H, 3, 18
Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France , Google Maps
Unit K Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart
Additional information
Private Schroepfer was a member of K Company. The morning report for July 11, 1944 on pages 17 and 18 list him joining the unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on July 8, 1944.The pages can be seen below. The morning report for August 26, 1944 on page 32 lists him as killed in action.
Morning reports
1944-07-11 PVT Assigned and joined from 92nd Replacement Battalion as of July 8, 1944 K / 330 view page
1944-08-26 PVT Killed in action on August 26, 1944 K / 330 view page
General Orders
GO # Rank Award Page
330 / 1944 / #8 PVT

Combat Infantry Badge awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy.

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83 / 1944 / #67 PVT

Bronze Star Medal awarded posthumously for heroic achievement.

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Various documents
Description Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards: Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Achievement (posthumously) in General Order 67 as a Private in K/330 87
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as killed in action as a Private in 330. 5

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