Name:
Harold F. Hoppe
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
Unit:
117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1990-01-15
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart (3)
Comments:
Harold F. Hoppe was born on May 21, 1914 and was from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Hope served with the 30th Infantry Division in WW2. He was one of the first soldiers to cross the Seigfried Line and led E Company, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Old Hickory" Infantry Division during eh liberation of Maastricht in September 1944.
A memorial in Heer-Maastricht remembers Hoppe.