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Personal info

Full name
COPLING, Otis Pinkey
Date of birth
13 April 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Leasburg, Crawford County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37646601
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 October 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ludwigsburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 28

Immediate family

Members
Noah Copling (father)
Rosie Copling (mother)
Hazel Copling (sister)
Ida Copling (sister)
Vernon Copling (brother)
Vivian Copling (sister)
Violet Copling (sister)
Benjamin Copling (brother)
Bernice Copling (sister)
Leroy Copling (brother)
Artia Copling (sister)
Arlie Copling (sister)
Henry Copling (brother)

More information

Pvt Otis P. Copling worked on the family farm and was also employed at the National Biscuit Co.

He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 13 September 1944.

He was found dead with a gunshot in the chest.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards/ www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMarRo / Tammy Copling Andrews