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GOPFERT, Arthur Oscar - Date of
birth
30 September 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31468492 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Alfred O. Gopfert (father)
Martha M. (Nodeling) Gopfert (mother)
Alfred W. Gopfert (brother)
Gertrude M. Gopfert (sister)
Edwin E. Gopfert (brother)
Irene C. Gopfert (sister)
Hazel M. (Johnson) Gopfert (wife)
More information
Pfc Arthur O. Gopfert was employed by the Simonds Saw & Steel Company before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 May 1944.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty