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HOPKINS, Melvin Arnold - Date of
birth
11 November 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36968590 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 November 1944 - Place of
death
North of Dürwiss, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 8 | 38 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leslie A. Hopkins (father)
Catherine L. (Lieflander) Hopkins (mother)
Harold J. Hopkins (brother)
Leslie A. Hopkins Jr. (brother)
Dorothy (Wrede) Hopkins (wife)
Robert M. Hopkins (son)
Frances L. Hopkins (daughter)
Laura J. Hopkins (daughter)
More information
On one picture Melvin is holding his son, Robert, on his lap.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Susan Linton - Linda Ann (Hopkins) Wolf (niece) www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html/
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Linda Ann (Hopkins) Wolf (niece)