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Personal info

Full name
HOPKINS, William Barney
Date of birth
21 September 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina
Hometown
Madison, Oconee County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34648960
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 102

Immediate family

Members
William B. Hopkins (father)
Hattie (Eades) Hopkins (mother)
Annie M. Hopkins (sister)
Macie E. Hopkins (sister)
Collie B. Hopkins (brother)
May Hopkins (sister)
Mason H. Hopkins (brother)
Marvin C. Hopkins (brother)
Max Hopkins (brother)
Howard D. Hopkins (brother)

More information

Pfc William B. Hopkins was a lumberman before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 18 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hopkins Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Henry G. Reynolds