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Personal info

Full name
HOPKINS, William James "Billy"
Date of birth
25 january 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Hometown
Cross County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
34193909
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gotha, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 7 11

Immediate family

Members
Hugh A. Hopkins (father)
Mattie E. (Young) Hopkins (mother)
John F. Wolfe (half brother)
Theodore R. Wolfe (half brother)
Thomas G. Potts (half brother)
Jewel H. Hopkins (sister)
Hubert B. Hopkins (brother)
Opal T. Hopkins (sister)
Richard A. Hopkins (brother)

More information

S/Sgt William J. Hopkins enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 31 March 1942.

His brother Richard was killed in action in the Pacific on 7 July 1944 and is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Honolulu.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Wayne Croom