Lambert E Koupal

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-33776.jpeg UPL 33776 Letter sent to my father, Stanley Vitkavage (the pilot), from family of 2nd Lt. Lambert Koupal. James Kostel was Lambert Koupal's grandfather according to the original letter we have from my father, given to him by the Military. Stanley Vitkavage Collection

Original military records from my father's personal collection

Object Number - UPL 33776 - Letter sent to my father, Stanley Vitkavage (the pilot), from family of 2nd Lt. Lambert Koupal. James Kostel was Lambert Koupal's grandfather...

Lambert Koupal was Navigator/Bombardier on board of B-24 42-51506 on the 27 February 1945 mission to the Halle Marshalling Yards, Germany. Crashed Betzenhausen, 1,5km NW of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany. Killed In Action (KIA).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-720735
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34801877
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12175226 at enlistment, then 0-829596
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Wagner, South Dakota, USA 3 February 1924

Died

27 February 1945 in the loss of B-24 42-51506, over Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Buried

28 February 1945 at the Freiburg im Breisgau Town Cemetery, Germany

Buried

re-interred in the US, Lambert Koupal rests at the Saint Johns Cemetery in Wagner, Charles Mix County, South Dakota

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Completed the SD County he was from

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MACR 12778
US Headstone Applications for 1950-1951
VA Gravesite Locator

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Birsic, MACR 12778, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12778 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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