TSgt James Rudolph Tharpe (1918-1944)

TSgt James Rudolph Tharpe Veteran

Birth

8 Sep 1918

Dooly County, Georgia, USA

Death

5 Sep 1944 (aged 25)

Toul, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France

Burial

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

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Technical SGT James Rudolph Tharpe, a member of the 80th Infantry Division (known as Blue Ridge), 319 Infantry Regiment, Company L. He was killed by a sniper on September 5, 1944, in Fort de Gondreville, France.

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Entered the Service from Georgia.

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Parents

James Randall Tharpe

1890–1924
Mary Jane Purvis Tharpe

1891–1945

Siblings

Rosa Mae Tharpe Wright

1916–1991
Erastus Tharpe

1921–1998

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1940 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas

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Rosa Mae Tharpe Wright

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James Randall Tharpe

Mary Jane Purvis Tharpe

Rosa Mae Tharpe Wright

Erastus Tharpe

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