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HOPKINS, Claude Franklin - Date of
birth
19 March 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Little River, Orange County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Little River, Orange County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34666090 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
322nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
21 June 1944 - Place of
death
Rühlow, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 27 | 56 |
Immediate family
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Members
Oscar F. Hopkins (father)
Mary (Clayton) Hopkins (mother)
Louise F. Hopkins (sister)
Gladys C. Hopkins (sister)
Verona M. (Ray) Hopkins (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-102527 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Sleepytime Gal
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 5983
More information
S/Sgt Claude F. Hopkins attended college and was a farmer before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 4 February 1943.1st Lt Charles T. Walby:
Aircraft B-17G, 42-102527, appeared to have been hit in number 3 engine and in the trailing edge of left wing between No. 1 and 2 engine by fire from enemy aircraft. Fire was building up as subject aircraft peeled off to the right and was lost from view. No parachutes were seen to come from this aircraft.
There was no time left for him to bail out of the aircraft.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam