Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
KONOPKA, John Joseph
Date of birth
29 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Greenwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42107753
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Weiswampach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 10 4

Immediate family

Members
Charles Konopka (father)
Mary Konopka (sister)
Helen Konopka (sister)
Frances Konopka (sister)
Jean Konopka (sister)
Frank Konopka (brother)
Henry Konopka (brother)
Stanley Konopka (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Konopka was employed by a trucking Company in Jersey City, New Jersey before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 21 March 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to the head.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.goc - WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men , After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun Bulletin 12 March 1945