Always Remember Those Who Gave All: MC WW2 Gold Stars and MIA Survivors

Gero Kurt Piper (1923-1944)

MC Class: ex-1944

Years at MC: 1940-1941 (Freshman)

Hometown: Germany later Princeton, NJ

Life at MC: Highland Echo staff

Military Branch: US Army

Military Unit: 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division

Rank: Private First Class

Medals Awarded: Purple Heart

Date Missing: N/A

Date of Death: 24 December 1944

Location of Death: Likely near Nideranven, Luxembourg

Circumstances of Death: Killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge

Burial/Memorial Information: Plot H, Row 9, Grave 30, Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56062959/gero-k-piper and https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/piper%3Dgero)

Additional Information: Immigrated from Germany to New Jersey with his family in 1937. After his freshman year at Maryville College, he transferred to Davidson College (https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/archives/encyclopedia/war-casualties). His father was noted theologian Dr. Otto Alfred Piper of Princeton University.