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Personal info

Full name
DOPIERALA, Marion "Marty"
Date of birth
9 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Warsaw, Poland
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36965531
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 11 18

Immediate family

Members
Walter Dopierala (father)
Wladyslawa (Beger) Dopierala (mother)
Henry Dopierala (brother)
Wanda Dopierala (sister)
Emily J. Dopierala (sister)
Walter Dopierala (brother)
Maksym S. Dopierala (brother)
Helen D. Dopierala (sister)
Virginia (Tyll) Dopierala (wife)
Elaine Dopierala (daughter)
Jacqueline Dopierala (daughter)

More information

Pfc Marion Dopierala immigrated to America with his parents when he was one year of age. He was born with his name spelled as Maryan Dopierala.

He enlisted on 7 April 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 census / Michigan Marriage Record / Naturalization Record of father, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press