Benton County

 
Sgt. Oliver J. Rapps

 

 

 

Oliver J. Rapps was born 1923 to George and Nine F. Rapps. He died Apr. 4, 1945 and is memorialized at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands and has a cenotaph in Garrison Cemetery, Garrison, IA.

Sgt. Rapps served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps, 548th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, Heavy. He was a Right Waist Gunner on B-17G “Shadie Sadie” #43-38639 and was declared MIA on a bombing mission to Kiel, Germany. He was later declared KIA and awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com