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NAME Richard Arthur Koop |
NICKNAME Dick |
SERVICE NUMBER 346214 |
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| UNIT Company A First Battalion 6th Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 423 3rd Street Brainerd Minnesota |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Earl J. Koop |
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| DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1921 |
ENTERED SERVICE January 3, 1942 |
DATE OF LOSS January 23, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 23 January 1943, the First Battalion 6th Marines engaged Japanese forces defending the Kokumbona area of Guadalcanal. Their efforts were focused on Hill 92, in support of the 147th Infantry Regiment. By the end of the day, the hill was taken and the village of Kokumbona was in American hands. PFC Richard Koop was one of the few Marines killed in the Hill 92 area. His body lay in the field overnight; the following day, he was buried near where he fell. The location could not be found after the war, and Koop has never been accounted for. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Buried in the field, not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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