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Personal info

Full name
KARPINSKI, Robert Benjamin
Date of birth
5 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Montreal, Iron County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Montreal, Iron County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36288178
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 31

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Karpinski (father)
Frances (Maxinoski) Karpinski (mother)
Amelia Karpinski (sister)
Anthony S. Karpinski (brother)
Lottie Gulan (half-sister)
Stanley Gulan (half-brother)
Alexander J. Gulan (half-brother)
Benjamin E. Gulan (half-brother)
Joseph C. Gulan (half-brother)
Wallace Gulan (half-brother)

More information

Pfc Robert B. Karpinski enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 5 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy