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Personal info

Full name
KORPICS, Charles Joseph
Date of birth
18 October 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833797
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 22

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Korpics (father)
Anna (Horvath) Korpics (mother)
Ethel E. Korpics (sister)
Anna Korpics (sister)
Louis W. Korpics (brother)
Theresa D. Korpics (sister)
Helen I. Korpics (sister)
Elizabeth Korpics (sister)
Daniel R. Korpics (brother)
William L. Korpics (brother)

More information

Charles Korpics enlisted on 26 October 1943 in Allentown, Pennsylvania and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal afirst time for wounds, sustained in France on 6 June 1944.

He had three brothers serving overseas at the time of his death: Daniel, William and Louis.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Bethlehem Globe - 6 November 1944 - courtesy of John Sise