Serviceman

Henry S Kopec

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

11032158

Rank

SSGT (14 September 1944), TSGT (26 September 1944), Sgt (4 October 1944), T/Sgt (7 October 1944), CPL (14 February 1945)

Hometown

Lawrence MA; LAWRENCE MA; Lawrence, MA

Also written

Henry Kopec

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 150, 184

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Harry W. McCann, Jr. Crew · 815th
• Raymond L. Price Crew · 815th

Missions placed on him

• mission 35, 23 June 1944 · Ploesti · Listed with the Harry W. McCann, Jr. crew, which flew it per its history (p. 150); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 99, 4 October 1944 · Munich West · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 8974 · 44-8014 Big Deal · 4 October 1944 · mission 99, 4 October 1944 · RTD

Morning reports

1 entry, first 7 October 1944, last 7 October 1944; grades seen: T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1944-10-07 815th: KacTBaΓeK (611) S/Sgt Above 5 0 and 5 EM fr dv to MIA, 4

National Archives pages: roll 572483765 p. 3403

Statements, mentions and histories

• 2 more statements from MACR 8974 are on the loss record.