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Jopling Lucy Wilson

Name:
Lucy Wilson Jopling
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Army Nurse Corps
Date of Death:
2000-02-25
State:
Cemetery:
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas
Plot:
Section 14
Row:
Grave:
842
Decoration:
Comments:

Lucy Wilson Jopling was born on August 26, 1916 and the wife of Daniel W. Jopling. She served in the US Army as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. Lucy was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” – the US Army and Navy Nurse Corps women who served in the Battle of the Philippines in 1941-42. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as nurses in various POW camps until they were finally liberated in February 1945. She had also served in the Korean War. Lucy died on December 25, 2000 at the age of 84 and is now buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA in a common grave with her husband with the rank of Captain on their headstone.