Name:
Willard H. Knopp
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33131026
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
J
Row:
11
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Willard H. Knopp was born in 1919 in Harford County, Maryland. He enlisted in the Army on January 28, 1942 at Camp Lee, Virginia. Willard served as a Private First Class, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Harford County, Maryland prior to the war. He died on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France and is now buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.