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PFC Robert V. Turpin
ID: 34283123
Branch of Service: U.S.
Army
Hometown: Loudon County, TN
Status: KIA
Pfc. Robert V. Turpin, 28, of Lakeside
community, who was killed in action in Northern Italy on Oct. 25, 1944, while
serving with the 85th Division of the 5th Army, will
arrive in Madisonville
Friday at 12:43 p.m. Funeral services
will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at New
Hope. Burial in
the church cemetery, Kyker in charge.
Survivors include a son, Roy Lee
Turpin, Madisonville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville V. Turpin, Vonore; a
brother, S.L. Turpin, Loudon; six sisters, Mrs. W.H. Moore, Lake Worth, Fla; Mrs. Charles Cansler, Mrs. R.H. Nichols and Miss
Juanita Turpin, Vonore; Mrs. Joe Brashears, Loudon;
Mrs. W.R. Walters, Miamisburg, Ohio, and his grandmother, Mrs. M.J. Turpin,
Lenoir City.
American Legion Posts 65 of
Madisonville and 70 of Maryville
will be in charge of military honors.
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Name:
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Robert V Turpin
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Birth Year:
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1917
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Race:
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White, Citizen (White)
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Nativity State or Country:
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Tennessee
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State of Residence:
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Tennessee
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County or
City:
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Loudon
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Enlistment
Date:
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12 May 1942
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Enlistment State:
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Georgia
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Enlistment City:
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Fort
Oglethorpe
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Branch:
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Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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Branch Code:
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Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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Grade:
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Private
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Grade Code:
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Private
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Term of
Enlistment:
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Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law
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Component:
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Selectees (Enlisted Men)
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Source:
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Civil Life
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Education:
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Grammar school
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Civil
Occupation:
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Plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters
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Marital
Status:
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Divorced, without dependents
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Height:
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69
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Weight:
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166
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Researcher and Designer
Joy Locke & Joe Irons
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