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Personal info

Full name
HOPPER, Mason Willard
Date of birth
27 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Widnoon, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Rimer, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33305127
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 33

Immediate family

Members
Dennis E. Hopper (father)
Drusella (Minick) Hopper (mother)
Elizabeth T. Hopper (sister)
Ivan B. Hopper (brother)
Vern A. Hopper (brother)
Blaine E. Hopper (brother)
Donabelle M. Hopper (sister)
Gale Hopper (brother)

More information

Pfc Mason W. Hopper was an asbestos worker before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 September 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications, www.80thdivision.com
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