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- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alvin F Koepke
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Douglas
Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: Presidio of Monterey
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Alvin F Koepke
Service Info.: TEC 5 US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1916
Death Date: 28 Jun 2002
Service Start Date: 10 Mar 1942
Interment Date: 18 Jul 2002
Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 11800 SE MT. Scott Boulevard Portland, OR 97266
Buried At: Section Col-2 Row 465 Site E
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Culver resident Alvin F. "Mick" Koepke died June 28, in Redmond at the age of 85. Mr. Koepke was born Aug. 1, 1916 in Gardiner, Ore., to parents Earnest and Mary Rose (Haskel) Koepke. He attended Smith River School, graduating in 1934, then worked in the logging industry as an equipment operator and truck driver.
On March 10, 1942, he entered the armed forces, spending most of the time in the European conflict, and was discharged Oct. 1, 1945. He returned to the Reedsport-Smith River area, then muroved to Redmond where he met and married his wife, Elsie on March 31, 1950.
They had a small farm in the Redmond area, then moved to a farm at the south end of Terrebonne. When he retired, they moved to their present home on Gem Lane in Culver.
The Koepkes were both members of the Redmond Saddle Club. He additionally enjoyed hunting and fishing the lakes of Central Oregon and always had a garden.
Survivors include his nephews, Merle Hausmann and his wife, Leona, of Reedsport, Jack Gunnell and Gary Gunnel, both of Coos Bay; and nieces, Amy Lee Carpenter and her husband, Jerry, of Myrtle Point, Charlene Stepenson of Beaverton, and Julie Brown of Eugene. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie in June 2000, and by his sister, Ernestine Hausmann in April of 2002.
At his request there will be no funeral services, and he will be cremated by Autumn Funerals of Redmond and his ashes placed in the Willamette National Cemetery to beside those of his late wife.
Inscription:
TEC 5 US ARMY AIR FORCES, WORLD WAR II
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1916 - 2002 (85 years)
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