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Personal info

Full name
HOPFER, Emerson H
Date of birth
27 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33919810
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 35

Immediate family

Members
Harry G. Hopfer (father)
Eva M. (Lesker) Hopfer (mother)
Mary Hopfer (sister)
Helen Hopfer (sister)
Richard Hopfer (brother)
George Hopfer (brother)
Lloyd Hopfer (brother)
Ralph J. Hopfer (brother)
Robert G. Hopfer (brother)

More information

Pvt Emerson H. Hopfer attended high school for four years at the Connelly Trade School and was a welding instructor, employed by the Curtis-Wright Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen, pelvis, back and shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Larry Lovejoy