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About Edward James Tipper, Jnr.
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Private First Class Edward J. Tipper Jr. (3 August 1921 – 1 February 2017) was an enlisted man in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during the Second World War.
Tipper was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1921 to an Irish couple. The family moved back to Ireland when Tipper was three years old, but they returned to the United States later. Tipper graduated from a Detroit school in 1939 and worked at a department store.[1]
Tipper attended the University of Michigan and completed his master's degree in English at the University of Northern Colorado, and became a teacher.[1]:201 In 1961 he won the John Hay Fellowship from the University of California at Berkeley.[4] When Tipper was sixty one, he met Rosie (who was then thirty four) and they were married on 12 February 1983.[1] Their daughter Kerry was born ten months later.[1]
Tipper died on 1 February 2017 at the age of 95.[4]
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Edward James Tipper, Jnr.'s Timeline
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August 3, 1921
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Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
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| 2017 |
February 1, 2017
Age 95
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Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
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