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About Edwin E Pepping
His son, Matthew Pepping confirmed to WNEG News that his father passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday morning at his home in Whittier, California. A private memorial service is being planned. - from https://wnegradio.com/506th-medic-ed-doc-pepping-passes-away/
Private First Class Edwin Pepping (born July 4, 1922) is a former soldier with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Information about Pepping was featured in the 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers.
Pepping was born on Independence Day in Alhambra, California.[1] At nineteen he was working in an electroplating plant.[2]
Pepping enlisted in Los Angeles and volunteered to be a paratrooper. He was sent to Fort MacArthur and then to Toccoa, Georgia for training.[3] There he was chosen to be a medic. As part of his medic training, he was in a medical detachment and was assigned to Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.[4]
After the war, Pepping attended Woodbury University and worked in a music store for a while.[13] He later attended an industrial design school and got into drafting. He worked as draftsman for the Apollo project.[14]
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Edwin E Pepping's Timeline
| 1922 |
July 4, 1922
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Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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| 2018 |
September 4, 2018
Age 96
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Whittier, California, United States
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