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Oakland High Schools announce
graduates
Oakland Tribune, 20 July
1942 |
Victor Koerper
was amongst those from Castlemont High who
donned the graduation cap and gown |
 Victor
E. Koerper, a Captain in the 508th's Medical
Detachment graduated from the University of
California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, Cass
of 1936. His photo appeared at lower right of this
page of the university's Blue and Gold Yearbook.
Victor served with the 508th during
the summer of 1943 at Camp Mackall, NC and was
promoted to Captain on 17 July 1943. He was
transferred to another unit sometime after that.
It is interesting to note that Victor's father,
Charles, was a German native and his mother Eva was of
Bavarian origin.
He was discharged on 7 December 1945
and set up practice in Oakland, CA. |
