SERVICES SET AT ELIZABETH
Pvt. A. A. Klepack Killed In 1944 in France
Elizabeth, Ill. - Funeral services for Pvt. Alvin Anthony Klepack, son of Mrs. Frank Koechner, of Hanover and Elizabeth, who was killed in 1944 in France, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic church, with the Rev. Paul A. Tuchlinsky, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Hanover, with military rites conducted by the Toms-Reusch-Allen post of the American Legion, Elizabeth. The body arrived Friday night. It was taken to the Banwarth funeral home and, Saturday morning, to the mothers's home, where it will remain until the services. Alvin Anthony Klepack, the son of Stephen and Hazel (Keenan) Klepack, was born at Scales Mound, Ill., March 22, 1921. He spent his early life in the vicinity of Hanover and Elizabeth, where he received his schooling, and was employed at the Savanna Ordnance depot prior to his induction into the infantry on November 30, 1942. After training in this country for about 18 months, he sailed for Europe in May, 1944, and about three months later was killed near St. Serven, France. He died of Shrapnel wounds on Aug. 10, 1944. He leaves his mother; two brothers, Francis J. Klepack and Stephen Klepack, both of Elizabeth; two sisters, Mrs. Ardith Schultz, of Galena, and Mrs. Alice Trautwein, of Hanover, and other relatives. One brother, Vincent, and his father preceded him in death. (The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA, Sunday, Aug. 8, 1948, p. 27, Col. 7)
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Army Service No. (ASN): #36624401
Enlistment Date: 11/02/1942
I Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Anthony A. Klepack is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Contact person listed as Mrs. Steve Klepack of same address. Place of birth listed as Scales Mound, Illinois. Employed by William Cording, Elizabeth, Illinois as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 lists form signed for by Hazel Koechner, Hanover, Illinois as of 11/16/1948.
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Pvt. A. A. Klepack Killed In 1944 in France
Elizabeth, Ill. - Funeral services for Pvt. Alvin Anthony Klepack, son of Mrs. Frank Koechner, of Hanover and Elizabeth, who was killed in 1944 in France, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic church, with the Rev. Paul A. Tuchlinsky, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Hanover, with military rites conducted by the Toms-Reusch-Allen post of the American Legion, Elizabeth. The body arrived Friday night. It was taken to the Banwarth funeral home and, Saturday morning, to the mothers's home, where it will remain until the services. Alvin Anthony Klepack, the son of Stephen and Hazel (Keenan) Klepack, was born at Scales Mound, Ill., March 22, 1921. He spent his early life in the vicinity of Hanover and Elizabeth, where he received his schooling, and was employed at the Savanna Ordnance depot prior to his induction into the infantry on November 30, 1942. After training in this country for about 18 months, he sailed for Europe in May, 1944, and about three months later was killed near St. Serven, France. He died of Shrapnel wounds on Aug. 10, 1944. He leaves his mother; two brothers, Francis J. Klepack and Stephen Klepack, both of Elizabeth; two sisters, Mrs. Ardith Schultz, of Galena, and Mrs. Alice Trautwein, of Hanover, and other relatives. One brother, Vincent, and his father preceded him in death. (The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA, Sunday, Aug. 8, 1948, p. 27, Col. 7)
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Army Service No. (ASN): #36624401
Enlistment Date: 11/02/1942
I Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Anthony A. Klepack is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Contact person listed as Mrs. Steve Klepack of same address. Place of birth listed as Scales Mound, Illinois. Employed by William Cording, Elizabeth, Illinois as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 lists form signed for by Hazel Koechner, Hanover, Illinois as of 11/16/1948.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Greg Bonar Find A Grave ID 48578375 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ken Wright Find A Grave ID 46790894 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jeff Hall Find A Grave ID 47296194 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Too Find A Grave ID 47097162 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
SERVICES SET AT ELIZABETH
Pvt. A. A. Klepack Killed In 1944 in France
Elizabeth, Ill. - Funeral services for Pvt. Alvin Anthony Klepack, son of Mrs. Frank Koechner, of Hanover and Elizabeth, who was killed in 1944 in France, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic church, with the Rev. Paul A. Tuchlinsky, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Hanover, with military rites conducted by the Toms-Reusch-Allen post of the American Legion, Elizabeth. The body arrived Friday night. It was taken to the Banwarth funeral home and, Saturday morning, to the mothers's home, where it will remain until the services. Alvin Anthony Klepack, the son of Stephen and Hazel (Keenan) Klepack, was born at Scales Mound, Ill., March 22, 1921. He spent his early life in the vicinity of Hanover and Elizabeth, where he received his schooling, and was employed at the Savanna Ordnance depot prior to his induction into the infantry on November 30, 1942. After training in this country for about 18 months, he sailed for Europe in May, 1944, and about three months later was killed near St. Serven, France. He died of Shrapnel wounds on Aug. 10, 1944. He leaves his mother; two brothers, Francis J. Klepack and Stephen Klepack, both of Elizabeth; two sisters, Mrs. Ardith Schultz, of Galena, and Mrs. Alice Trautwein, of Hanover, and other relatives. One brother, Vincent, and his father preceded him in death. (The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA, Sunday, Aug. 8, 1948, p. 27, Col. 7)
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Army Service No. (ASN): #36624401
Enlistment Date: 11/02/1942
I Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Anthony A. Klepack is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Contact person listed as Mrs. Steve Klepack of same address. Place of birth listed as Scales Mound, Illinois. Employed by William Cording, Elizabeth, Illinois as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 lists form signed for by Hazel Koechner, Hanover, Illinois as of 11/16/1948.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Greg Bonar Find A Grave ID 48578375 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ken Wright Find A Grave ID 46790894 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jeff Hall Find A Grave ID 47296194 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Too Find A Grave ID 47097162 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Pvt. A. A. Klepack Killed In 1944 in France
Elizabeth, Ill. - Funeral services for Pvt. Alvin Anthony Klepack, son of Mrs. Frank Koechner, of Hanover and Elizabeth, who was killed in 1944 in France, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic church, with the Rev. Paul A. Tuchlinsky, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery at Hanover, with military rites conducted by the Toms-Reusch-Allen post of the American Legion, Elizabeth. The body arrived Friday night. It was taken to the Banwarth funeral home and, Saturday morning, to the mothers's home, where it will remain until the services. Alvin Anthony Klepack, the son of Stephen and Hazel (Keenan) Klepack, was born at Scales Mound, Ill., March 22, 1921. He spent his early life in the vicinity of Hanover and Elizabeth, where he received his schooling, and was employed at the Savanna Ordnance depot prior to his induction into the infantry on November 30, 1942. After training in this country for about 18 months, he sailed for Europe in May, 1944, and about three months later was killed near St. Serven, France. He died of Shrapnel wounds on Aug. 10, 1944. He leaves his mother; two brothers, Francis J. Klepack and Stephen Klepack, both of Elizabeth; two sisters, Mrs. Ardith Schultz, of Galena, and Mrs. Alice Trautwein, of Hanover, and other relatives. One brother, Vincent, and his father preceded him in death. (The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA, Sunday, Aug. 8, 1948, p. 27, Col. 7)
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Army Service No. (ASN): #36624401
Enlistment Date: 11/02/1942
I Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Anthony A. Klepack is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Contact person listed as Mrs. Steve Klepack of same address. Place of birth listed as Scales Mound, Illinois. Employed by William Cording, Elizabeth, Illinois as of 02/16/1942 registration date.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 lists form signed for by Hazel Koechner, Hanover, Illinois as of 11/16/1948.
***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Greg Bonar Find A Grave ID 48578375 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Ken Wright Find A Grave ID 46790894 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jeff Hall Find A Grave ID 47296194 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Too Find A Grave ID 47097162 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
Inscription
ANTHONY A KLEPACK
ILLINOIS
PVT 329 INF 83 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II
MARCH 22 1921 - AUG 10 1944
