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Personal info

Full name
KOPPENAAL, Marvin Paul
Date of birth
4 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan
Hometown
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36423764
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 8 5

Immediate family

Members
Leonard A. Koppenaal (father)
Theresa M. (Walters) Koppenaal (mother)
John W. Koppenaal (brother)
Arnold J. Koppenaal (brother)
Robert W. Koppenaal (brother)
Kenneth D. Koppenaal (brother)
Jean L. Koppenaal (sister)
Theodore Koppenaal (brother)
Orha Koppenaal (sister)
Elizabeth H. (DeJong) Koppenaal (wife)
Gertrude Koppenaal (daughter)

More information

Pvt Marvin P. Koppenaal attended Holland high school for three years before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 28 January 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Scout