Le Journal du Mémorial

Frederick Walter Hopping

Born February, 8 1907 at Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, USA Died Juin, 6 1944 à Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Buried in Normandy American Cimetery of Colleville-sur-Mer  (Plot I, Row n°3, Grave n°2) Religion : Protestant Civilian occupation:  - Advertising manager for the Providence, R.I. plant of the    United States Rubber Company (Uniroyal)  - Advertising executive for Birdseye Frosted Foods Awards : Purple Heart Service#: 32301157 Rank : Tec5 (Technician Fifth) Status : KIA (Killed In Action)

Father : David Augustus Hopping (1867 – 1915)
Mother : Emmie E. Schoeneck (1870 – 1942)
Brothers and sister:
    David Stiles Hopping (1901 – 1961)
    Leona Schoeneck Hopping (1898 – 1966)
    John (1912 - )

29th Div. Inf. The Blue and Grey 116th Infantry regiment	He was Corporal Technician 5 (TEC5) in the Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry regiment, 1st battalion from the 29th Infantry Divisiond (The Blue and Grey) (Hq. Co., 116th, 1st Bn, 29th Div. Inf.) Enlisted : May, 9 1942 at Newark, New-Jersey Arrival in England : October 42 (by the Queen Mary) Campaigns :    - Operation Overlord, landing in Normandy (Operation Neptune)
	Killed in action, June, 6 1944, on Omaha Beach, during the initial assault waves of landing. Arrival time : H+40 Sector : Dog Green (WN71-72) Coming from: HMS Empire Javelin by LCA (Landing Craft Assault) Load place : Weymouth - Portland (Isle of)  Personal effects found on body and sent to his family   - 1 Picture Folder   - 1 Wallet picture   - 24,21$ (in French money : 1200 frs)

For the "little" story:
  - "Adopted" since 2007
  - He enlisted two months after the death of his mother
  - The cemetery area is a perpetual concession made ​​by France to USA. It overlooks Omaha
     Beach

Documents
Memorial in cemetery of the "First Presbyterian Church" Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Individual Deceased Personnel File	I.D.P.F Personnal objects	I.D.P.F Letter to family
I.D.P.F Battle casualty report	I.D.P.F Letter to family	I.D.P.F Letter to family

Location
Omaha Beach, Normandy	American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer

American Cemetery Plot I, Row n°3	Grave of Frederick W. Hopping	Omaha Beach Today
Grave of Frederick W. Hopping June 2012	Grave of Frederick W. Hopping June 2012	Omaha Beach June 2012
Sanded letters (from ABMC)	ABMC Normandy Virtual 360

Omaha Beach Dog Green sector (Vierville sur Mer)
Defenses plan	Omaha Beach - Detals	Bigot plan - Omaha West
Dog Green June 1944		SS Empire Javelin
Dog Green September 2021

 

 

Informations requests:
  I searched everywhere in USA, to the service history of the 29th Infantry Division, also, at
  Hannover, at Union, at Neward (where he lived), in different departments of defense
  and I even wrote to the White House, who answered to me by giving some government
  addresses. I wrote, also, to the Human Resources of the U.S. forces, in Alexandria, VA, who
  sent me his personal file of death. Many military informations were destroyed by fire in 1973
  that ravaged the "National Personnel Record Center" in St. Louis, Missouri and destroyed
  80% of cases of soldiers from 1912 to 1959.
  The civil information are also almost impossible to find

Eric Triau