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Personal info

Full name
KOPCHYNSKI, Alfred Frank Jr
Date of birth
12 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058452
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Feldmark, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 1 23

Immediate family

Members
Alfred F. Kopchynski (father)
Pauline (Rucinski) Kopchynski (mother)
Lillian Kopchynski (sister)
Jeanette Kopchynski (sister)
Raymond Kopchynski (brother)
Alice Kopchynski (sister)
Patricia A. Kopchynski (sister)
Ruth N. Kopchynski (wife)

More information

Cpl Alfred F. Kopchynski Jr. was employed by Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 April 1943.

His father was born in Russia and his mother was born in Poland.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lambert Kliebisch