Marshall Robert Grosskopf Jr

Military

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Shelton James Wrath

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11096458 / O-821390
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pella, WI 25 March 1922 Son of Marshall Robert Sr and Carol Irma [Kuckuk] Grosskopf.

Enlisted

la Crosse, WI 27 October 1942 la Crosse, Wisconsin

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 June 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Marion, WI 4 February 2006

Buried

St Peters Lutheran Cemetery Town of Pella Shawano County Shawano, WI 7 February 2006 St Peters Lutheran Cemetery Town of Pella Shawano County Shawano, Wisconsin

Based

Metfield Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

491st BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia