Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer [SEP] conflict
Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer
Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (September 12, 1916 – October 7, 2011) was a lawyer, Rotary District Governor for Puerto Rico, a war veteran, and a retired major general in the Puerto Rico National Guard.
Military career.
Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer was a United States veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Cuprill Oppenheimer enrolled in the Army ROTC program and graduated in 1940. By 1941-1942 Cuprill Oppenheimer took a temporary leave of absence from attending the University of Puerto Rico School
Awards and decorations.
Badges:
- Combat Infantryman Badge
Personal life.
On September 12, 1916 Cuprill Oppenheimer was born in the City of Ponce, Puerto Rico, at the time the second largest and one of the most important cities in Puerto Rico, economically, culturally, socially and politically. His father was Ramón Fundador Cuprill Rivera and his mother Isabel Oppenheimer Figueroa. He had five siblings: Lydian, Irma, Warren, Charles Evans and Rambel. Cuprill Oppenheimer married his college sweetheart Lidia María Hernández