Earp Otis C.

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Otis C. Earp is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

3rd Infantry Division Monument - Rupt sur Moselle

Name:

Otis C. Earp

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

36810585

Unit:

7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-09-25

State:

Wisconsin

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Born 1 August 1923
Son of Joseph Jackson and Rachel Earp.
Brother Darrell also served in WWII.
Lived in Madison County in 1940, and moved to Lacrosse, Wisconsin between 1940 and 1943.
Married to Mary Elizabeth Fried from Dallas, Iowa, who married Darrell after Otis' death.
Enlisted from La Crosse, Wisconsin in March 1943.
Death was due to a bone fracture in his arm, tibia, and leg, and shell wounds in action.
Temporarily buried in St. Juan, France before being moved to Epinal American Cemetery. He also has a cenotaph located in Mabel Cemetery, Mabel, Fillmore County, Minnesota.