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Home State
Kentucky
Year of Birth 1925
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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by
Richard Lee Hopka, HM1 - Deceased
Casualty Info
Home Town Guage, KY
Last Address Guage, KY
Casualty Date Jan 21, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment McQuinn Cemetery - Breathitt County, Kentucky
Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)
From Month/Year May / 1944
To Month/Year January / 1945
Unit USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class
NEC PhM-0000-Pharmacist Mate
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Pacific
Last Updated: Nov 10, 2019