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Personal info

Full name
POPHAL, Norman A
Date of birth
17 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36847693
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 2 25

Immediate family

Members
Otto H. Pophal (father)
Anna B. (Andres) Pophal (mother)

More information

Pvt Norman A. Pophal graduated from Merrill High School in 1944 where he played in the school band.

His grandfather on his father's side was born in Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pophal Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Merrill High School 1944