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Personal info

Full name
KONOPKA, John Joseph
Date of birth
17 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31039032
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 11 21

Immediate family

Members
Thomas P. Konopka (father)
Josephine Konopka (mother)
Stanley F. Konopka (brother)
Stephie Konopka (sister)
William S. Konopka (brother)
Catherine Konopka (sister)
Anthony Konopka (brother)
Joseph Konopka (brother)

More information

Sgt John J. Konopka attended high school for two years and was a nursery operator and flower grower at Engleman Florist before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 14 March 1941.

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, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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