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Lieutenant Virgil S. Schoeppel
1918 – 23 September 1944
Instructor at Aero Industries Technical Institute
Inspector at Lockhead Aircraft Co.
Personal History
Schoeppel lived in Arkansas. He graduated from the Arkansas State Teachers College, now known as UCA, with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1939. Schoeppel's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Schoeppel. He had no known siblings.
Schoeppel's hobbies included fishing and hunting. He was also a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.
Schoeppel entered the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 (Service #: 0-780806) as a pilot in the Ferry Command out of Great Falls, Montana, and rose to become a Second Lieutenant.
Schoeppel was killed in a plane crash while in search of a downed pilot in Great Falls, Montana on 23 September 1944.
