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Services for

Lance Corporal William Craig Koprince, Jr.
of Lenoir City, Tennessee.

William Craig Koprince, Jr.

Lance Corporal United States Marines, William Craig Koprince Jr.

Age 24 of Lenoir City, passed away December 27, 2006 at 2:45 a.m. EST while serving with the Third Battalion, Second Marine Division, India Company First Platoon in Iraq. Billy was a 2001 graduate of Lenoir City High School and a member of New Life Church of the Nazarene in Oak Ridge. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Morgan Wickman, Dr. Robert Koprince and Evelyn Koprince. He is survived by his parents, William and Bernice Koprince of Lenoir City; sister, Morgan Koprince Moore and husband, Andrew of Kingston; grandmothers, Olive Wickman of Lenoir City and Anne Koprince of West Bloomfield, MI; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, January 4 at First Baptist Church in Lenoir City with Rev. Tim Fields officiating. Visitation will follow the service at the church. Family and friends will gather at 11 a.m. Friday in the Kingston Memorial Gardens for gravesside services and interment with full military honors being conferred by the United States Marine Corps. In lieu of flowers, the family ask that memorial donations be made to New Life Church of the Nazarene in Oak Ridge. Pallbearers will be Walter, Adam and Ryan Patterson, Nick Broyles, Rob Malin and Matt Fields. Click Funeral Home in Lenoir City is serving the family of Lance Corp. William Koprince, Jr.

This information obtained from KnoxNews.com

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A local Marine was killed in Iraq by an improvised explosive device, his parents told The Oak Ridger newspaper.

The death of Lance Cpl. William Craig Koprince Jr., 24, has not yet been confirmed by the U.S. Department of Defense, although it did announce that a Marine was killed Wednesday in the Anbar province.

His parents, William and Bernice Koprince, said that Marines had visited their home and told them their son had been killed by the bomb while on a foot patrol in Anbar.

The Marine was a graduate of Lenoir City High School. His family recently moved to Oak Ridge from Lenoir City.

"People need to love their children, and spend quality time with their children and make sure that they are brought up to know that Jesus loves them and that there is life after death," Bernice Koprince told the newspaper.

January 4th 2007

Thursday nights evening service

Lance Corporal Koprince had a wonderful service. It was an Honor and a privilege for the members of our TN3 Chapter that were able to attend it. The paster, his Sister and his Father had some wonderful things to share with everyone about their brother and Son and when they were finished speaking we all felt like we had grown up right next to this young man.