JAMES A. PANOSH
Two Servicemen Declared Dead by Defense Dept.
Two Manitowoc service men listed as missing in action in Korea have been
declared officially dead, according to word received by their parents. They
are Pfc. James A. Panosh, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel A. Panosh, 731. N.
Fifth St, and Marine M. Sgt. Robert L. Kappelmann Sr., 29, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis F. Kappelmann, Rt. 5, Manitowoc.
Pfc. Panosh’s death was confirmed Saturday in a letter received from William E.
Bergin, major general, U.S.A., Adjutant General Staff, Washington, D.C. Since
Sept. 7, 1952, Pfc. Panosh had been listed as missing in action. He disappeared
while on patrol duty along the front lines.
According to one of the last letters received at home, he had been acting for
some time as a lone sniper sneaking behind enemy lines without special instruct-
ions and sometimes not reporting back for long intervals.
The Expert Rifleman
The last letter received by Mrs. Panosh said he had been re-assigned to patrol
duty.
The former city rifle champion was awarded the Distinguished Rifleman Badge of
the National Rifle Association before he volunteered for the Army. It was the
highest award a junior rifleman can earn.
Panosh was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Manitowoc. He attended local schools and was
graduated from Lincoln High School, where he was on the school football squad,
in 1949.
He served two years with the Wisconsin National Guard, Company E, 127th Infantry
division, and was employed for two years with the Conversion Service Corporation,
working in Atlantic City, N.J., and Baltimore, Md. Pfc. Panosh entered the Army
June 24, 1951.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Donald of Manitowoc and Richard of
Milwaukee; and three sisters, Miss Lois of Manitowoc, Miss Ruth of Milwaukee and
Mrs. E. A. Shaw of New London, Conn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1954 P. 15
(This article has been split and each part put with the pertinent serviceman)
Two Servicemen Declared Dead by Defense Dept.
Two Manitowoc service men listed as missing in action in Korea have been
declared officially dead, according to word received by their parents. They
are Pfc. James A. Panosh, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel A. Panosh, 731. N.
Fifth St, and Marine M. Sgt. Robert L. Kappelmann Sr., 29, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis F. Kappelmann, Rt. 5, Manitowoc.
Pfc. Panosh’s death was confirmed Saturday in a letter received from William E.
Bergin, major general, U.S.A., Adjutant General Staff, Washington, D.C. Since
Sept. 7, 1952, Pfc. Panosh had been listed as missing in action. He disappeared
while on patrol duty along the front lines.
According to one of the last letters received at home, he had been acting for
some time as a lone sniper sneaking behind enemy lines without special instruct-
ions and sometimes not reporting back for long intervals.
The Expert Rifleman
The last letter received by Mrs. Panosh said he had been re-assigned to patrol
duty.
The former city rifle champion was awarded the Distinguished Rifleman Badge of
the National Rifle Association before he volunteered for the Army. It was the
highest award a junior rifleman can earn.
Panosh was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Manitowoc. He attended local schools and was
graduated from Lincoln High School, where he was on the school football squad,
in 1949.
He served two years with the Wisconsin National Guard, Company E, 127th Infantry
division, and was employed for two years with the Conversion Service Corporation,
working in Atlantic City, N.J., and Baltimore, Md. Pfc. Panosh entered the Army
June 24, 1951.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Donald of Manitowoc and Richard of
Milwaukee; and three sisters, Miss Lois of Manitowoc, Miss Ruth of Milwaukee and
Mrs. E. A. Shaw of New London, Conn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1954 P. 15
(This article has been split and each part put with the pertinent serviceman)
JAMES A. PANOSH
Two Servicemen Declared Dead by Defense Dept.
Two Manitowoc service men listed as missing in action in Korea have been
declared officially dead, according to word received by their parents. They
are Pfc. James A. Panosh, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel A. Panosh, 731. N.
Fifth St, and Marine M. Sgt. Robert L. Kappelmann Sr., 29, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis F. Kappelmann, Rt. 5, Manitowoc.
Pfc. Panosh’s death was confirmed Saturday in a letter received from William E.
Bergin, major general, U.S.A., Adjutant General Staff, Washington, D.C. Since
Sept. 7, 1952, Pfc. Panosh had been listed as missing in action. He disappeared
while on patrol duty along the front lines.
According to one of the last letters received at home, he had been acting for
some time as a lone sniper sneaking behind enemy lines without special instruct-
ions and sometimes not reporting back for long intervals.
The Expert Rifleman
The last letter received by Mrs. Panosh said he had been re-assigned to patrol
duty.
The former city rifle champion was awarded the Distinguished Rifleman Badge of
the National Rifle Association before he volunteered for the Army. It was the
highest award a junior rifleman can earn.
Panosh was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Manitowoc. He attended local schools and was
graduated from Lincoln High School, where he was on the school football squad,
in 1949.
He served two years with the Wisconsin National Guard, Company E, 127th Infantry
division, and was employed for two years with the Conversion Service Corporation,
working in Atlantic City, N.J., and Baltimore, Md. Pfc. Panosh entered the Army
June 24, 1951.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Donald of Manitowoc and Richard of
Milwaukee; and three sisters, Miss Lois of Manitowoc, Miss Ruth of Milwaukee and
Mrs. E. A. Shaw of New London, Conn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1954 P. 15
(This article has been split and each part put with the pertinent serviceman)
Two Servicemen Declared Dead by Defense Dept.
Two Manitowoc service men listed as missing in action in Korea have been
declared officially dead, according to word received by their parents. They
are Pfc. James A. Panosh, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel A. Panosh, 731. N.
Fifth St, and Marine M. Sgt. Robert L. Kappelmann Sr., 29, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis F. Kappelmann, Rt. 5, Manitowoc.
Pfc. Panosh’s death was confirmed Saturday in a letter received from William E.
Bergin, major general, U.S.A., Adjutant General Staff, Washington, D.C. Since
Sept. 7, 1952, Pfc. Panosh had been listed as missing in action. He disappeared
while on patrol duty along the front lines.
According to one of the last letters received at home, he had been acting for
some time as a lone sniper sneaking behind enemy lines without special instruct-
ions and sometimes not reporting back for long intervals.
The Expert Rifleman
The last letter received by Mrs. Panosh said he had been re-assigned to patrol
duty.
The former city rifle champion was awarded the Distinguished Rifleman Badge of
the National Rifle Association before he volunteered for the Army. It was the
highest award a junior rifleman can earn.
Panosh was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Manitowoc. He attended local schools and was
graduated from Lincoln High School, where he was on the school football squad,
in 1949.
He served two years with the Wisconsin National Guard, Company E, 127th Infantry
division, and was employed for two years with the Conversion Service Corporation,
working in Atlantic City, N.J., and Baltimore, Md. Pfc. Panosh entered the Army
June 24, 1951.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Donald of Manitowoc and Richard of
Milwaukee; and three sisters, Miss Lois of Manitowoc, Miss Ruth of Milwaukee and
Mrs. E. A. Shaw of New London, Conn.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1954 P. 15
(This article has been split and each part put with the pertinent serviceman)
Gravesite Details
No burial at Evergreen cemetery. Missing in action.
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