He resided in Washington County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 16, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Married.
Rudolph "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33389641
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He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland.
"Click Here" for that record.
His brother, PFC Howard D. Keplinger, was also "Killed In Action" during the war and was also awarded the "Silver Star".
( Bio: by Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Washington County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 16, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Married.
Rudolph "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 33389641
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland.
"Click Here" for that record.
His brother, PFC Howard D. Keplinger, was also "Killed In Action" during the war and was also awarded the "Silver Star".
( Bio: by Russ Pickett )
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Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Maryland.
Family Members
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John Edward Keplinger
1909–1956
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Paul Leroy "Kepy" Keplinger Sr
1911–1980
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Ruby Irene Keplinger Huff
1913–2006
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Charles Albert "Ab" Keplinger
1915–1999
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Ethel Louise Keplinger Geaslen
1917–2003
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Pfc. Howard Donald Keplinger
1919–1945
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PFC Howard Donald Keplinger
1919–1945
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Sgt Rudolph L Keplinger
1922–1945
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Herschel Leon Keplinger
1927–2002
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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