Name:
John J. Kopinski
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
36302329
Unit:
495th Bomber Squadron, 344th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-22
State:
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Plot:
84
Row:
Grave:
387-391
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
TSgt John J. Kopinski, radio operator of the B-26 Marauder 42-95910 “Wizard of Koz”, took off from station 169 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt. They were shot down by flak at 1940. Kopinski was killed.