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CPL GERALD B. REPLOGLE

Draft Record for Gerald B. Replogle

19 District Men Join
Army In Last 4 Days

   Nineteen men from this district have enlisted in the United States army within the last four days. Sergeant Bender of the local recruiting office announced yesterday. 
   Those who have enlisted are as follows:
[nr 2] George Lapso, Barnesboro.
[nr 12] Gerald B. Replogle, Woodbury

]Note: Lapso and Replogle were from towns approximately 50 miles apart and probably did not know each other.  However, both volunteered for parachutist duty and were assigned to Company A, 508th PIR.  Lapso survived the war.

[ Altoona Tribune, Altoona, PA, Wed., Oct 14, 1942, Page 9]

Cpl Gerald Replogle

Cpl Gerald .B Replogle, 26, a member of the paratroops, was killed in action i France on June 14, according to word from the War Department.  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Replogle if Woodbury, the youngest of 14 children.
   H had been overseas since December, sailing from the states on Christmas Day and langing [sic] in Ireland.  He went to France with invasion forces.  His last letter, undated, was from England.  He is survived by his wife, of Altoona, his parents, and these brothers and sisters: Mrs.. Roxie Over, Eva, Erb and Darleigh Replogle, all of Woodbury; Rudy of Roaring Springs, Mrs. Esther Johnson, Robert, John and Martin, all of Chester; Mrs. Orie Hanwell and Ellen, both of Denver; William of Altoona and George of Ohio.  He was a member of Woodbury Brethren Church.

[Bedford Gazette, Bedford, PA, Fri, July 28, 1944, Page 8]

   

Interment record and grave marker for Cpl Gerald B. Replogle at Plot C Row 17 Grave 5 in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Cpl Replogle was killed in action on June 14, 1944 and was awarded  the Purple Heart

 

On 6 March 1950, Gerald's widow, Margaret Bessie Replogle, filed this application for the WWII Veterans Bonus.   Because he had died while in service, she received the full $500 bonus available.

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