World War II Honoree

Lloyd R. Cupit

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New Orleans, Louisiana

Honored By

Willa Mae Dawson

Relationship

Friend

TECHNICAL SERGEANT. SERVICE NUMBER 20462077. SERVED IN COMPANY I, 39TH REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WAS ALWAYS A GOOD LEADER WHO CARED FOR HIS MEN; ALWAYS SANG A SONG HE HAD MADE UP ABOUT SENDING HITLER A MESSAGE ON THE MODERN CANON BALL. HE MADE IT THROUGH THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE BUT WAS KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 8, 1945 AS HE LED HIS MEN INTO A TOWN IN KOTTENFORST, GERMANY BY ENEMY FORCES. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND PURPLE HEART. INTERRED IN A U.S. MILITARY CEMETERY IN BELGIUM.