User:X!/Hubert Joseph Kupper

{{hoax|date=January 2010}} Hubert Joseph Kupper was born on September 15, 1904. His parents immigrated from Germany and settled in Brooklyn, NY. He had a twin sister named Dorothea and four brothers named Meinrad, Charles, Theodore. Charles Kupper studied at Rutgers University, became a civil engineer and founded Kupper Associates, 15 Stelton Road, Piscataway, NJ in 1924. Charles developed Normandy Beach, NJ. Charles built houses on Kupper Drive, Normandy Beach, NJ and his brothers and sister lived there and began raising their families. Kupper descendants still reside at the New Jersey Shore.

Kupper joined the United States Marine Corps when he was 17 years old (Serial # 204695) and served in Nicaragua and China in the 1920s under Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller. In 1942 he served on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41) in Northern Africa. He also engaged in 13 Battles in the South Pacific including Luzon, Tarawa, Bougainville, and Peleliu. In 1944 he suffered broken legs and wounds to the stomach but was transferred to USMC Active Reserves upon recovery. In 1950 his unit was transferred to Camp Pendleton, California. He was in Fox Company, 7th Marines in the Chosin Reservoir Campaign.

Master Gunnery Sergeant Hubert Joseph Kupper was honored with the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and five Purple Hearts. In addition he was honored when Chapter 27, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Somerset, NJ was named after him. He died at the age of 78 on July 22, 1983 and was buried with Full Military Honors in Griggstown Cemetery, Canal Road, Griggstown, Somerset County, NJ.[1]

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