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Personal info

Full name
HOPKINS, William Whitmore "Bill"
Date of birth
6 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32910443
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Near Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Sidney K. Hopkins (father)
Iva H. (Whitmore) Hopkins (mother)
Stuart W. Hopkins (brother)

More information

Sgt William W. Hopkins attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 2 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / The Bick Family File, www.findagrave.com - John Bick, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Montclair New Jersey