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Personal info

Full name
STOPKA, John
Date of birth
29 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Bath, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
32250135
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Hambach-Niederzier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 11 4

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Stopka (father)
Antonina A. (Abrochta) Stopka (mother)
Frank Stopka (brother)
Belle Stopka (sister)
George Stopka (brother)
Mike Stopka (brother)
Annie Stopka (sister)
Joe Stopka (brother)
Minnie Stopka (brother)
Walter Stopka (brother)
Stanley Stopka (brother)
Alice Stopka (sister)
Minnie Stopka (sister)
Herbert Stopka (brother)
Anthony Stopka (brother)
Edward Stopka (brother)
Mona E. Stopka (daughter)
Mona L. (Bates) Stopka (wife)
John A. Stopka Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Stopka entered the service in 1942 and trained at Fort Jackson, S.C., Camp Forrest, Tenn., and Camp Atterbury, Ind. before going overseas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Corning Leader – 6 February 1945