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Personal info

Full name
HOPPER, Walter Eugene
Date of birth
2 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12165836
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
North of Nijmegen, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Walter Hopper (father)
Lula M. (Lines) Hopper (mother)
Harriet L. Hopper (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter E. Hopper attended Pompton Lakes High School and was employed at Mack Molding Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 12 November 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Wayne Township Historical Comission, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/501/501%20honor%20hj.html, www.ancenstry.com - 1930/1940 Census US, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Rosine Smeets-Leentjens, www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof