Sgt. Hopple enlisted as a Private in Maywood, Illinois on 11-25-1940, and he had 4 years of College.
John Hopple was a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. The company was a federalized Illinois National Guard Tank Company. During the Battle of the Pockets on Bataan, John Hopple and three other members of the battalion rescued another member of the battalion who had been hit by enemy fire. They crawled out to the man with a stretcher under enemy fire. During the rescue, Hopple was hit by enemy fire but continued to carry the stretcher. He was driven to a field hospital where he died from his wounds.
John Hopple was a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. The company was a federalized Illinois National Guard Tank Company. During the Battle of the Pockets on Bataan, John Hopple and three other members of the battalion rescued another member of the battalion who had been hit by enemy fire. They crawled out to the man with a stretcher under enemy fire. During the rescue, Hopple was hit by enemy fire but continued to carry the stretcher. He was driven to a field hospital where he died from his wounds.
Sgt. Hopple enlisted as a Private in Maywood, Illinois on 11-25-1940, and he had 4 years of College.
John Hopple was a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. The company was a federalized Illinois National Guard Tank Company. During the Battle of the Pockets on Bataan, John Hopple and three other members of the battalion rescued another member of the battalion who had been hit by enemy fire. They crawled out to the man with a stretcher under enemy fire. During the rescue, Hopple was hit by enemy fire but continued to carry the stretcher. He was driven to a field hospital where he died from his wounds.
John Hopple was a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. The company was a federalized Illinois National Guard Tank Company. During the Battle of the Pockets on Bataan, John Hopple and three other members of the battalion rescued another member of the battalion who had been hit by enemy fire. They crawled out to the man with a stretcher under enemy fire. During the rescue, Hopple was hit by enemy fire but continued to carry the stretcher. He was driven to a field hospital where he died from his wounds.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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