William Colepaugh
William Colepaugh | |
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| Born | March 25, 1918 Niantic, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 2005 (aged 86) Paoli, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupations | Able seaman, secret agent |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Spouse | Dolores Campetti |
| Parent(s) | William C. and Havel G. (Schmidt) Colepaugh |
| Convictions | Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Espionage Conspiracy |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment; further commuted to 30 years imprisonment |
William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 – March 16, 2005) was an American who defected to Nazi Germany in 1944 following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was a crewman on a repatriation ship that stopped off in Lisbon, at which time he defected at the German consulate. Colepaugh had attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey.