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Personal info

Full name
HOPSON, Jim
Date of birth
22 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Elk Park, Avery County, North Carolina
Hometown
Avery County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34593675
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Field Artillery Battalion,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
4 June 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 20

Immediate family

Members
Charlie Hopson (father)
Bell (Dishman) Hopson (mother)
Clarence Hopson (brother)
Abe Hopson (brother)
Elsie Hopson (sister)
Omer Hopson (brother)
Jeff Hopson (brother)
Lockie Hopson (sister)
Sallie Hopson (sister)
Callie Hopson (sister)

More information

Pfc Jim Hopson enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 5 December 1942.

The photo on the right shows Pfc Hopson next to his mother Bell.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Carolyn Davis