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Personal info

Full name
KOPREK, John August
Date of birth
10 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Benton County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37592341
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Malempré, Fraiture, north of Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 13

Immediate family

Members
Gottlieb Koprek (father)
Wilhelmina (Doliwa) Koprek (mother)
William F. Koprek (brother)
Fred G. Koprek (brother)
Ottillie Koprek (sister)
Emily Koprek (sister)
Emil Koprek (brother)
Otto Koprek (brother)
Helen Koprek (sister)
Lena Koprek (sister)
Ernest Koprek (brother)
Walter C. Koprek (brother)
Ruby M. (Worthington) Koprek (wife)
Barbara D. Koprek (daughter)
John L. Koprek (son)
Richard Koprek (son)

More information

Pvt John A. Koprek worked in a food store.

He enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 2 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record/ 1940 Census / Family Tree, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud Times