Lyman M. “Punk” Oppelt was born July 6, 1926 to Kenneth R. and Violet L. Willer Oppelt. He died Apr. 26, 1945 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, IA.
Pvt. Oppelt served with the U.S. Army in World War II Co. C, 179th Infantry and was KIA in Nurenberg, Germany.
Source: ancestry.com
