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Personal info

Full name
KOPEC, Stanley
Date of birth
20 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32474626
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Puffendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 24

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Kopec (father)
Victoria Kopec (mother)
Julia Kopec (sister)
Mary Kopec (sister)

More information

Pfc Stanley Kopec worked in an aircraft factory

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 27 August 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet