Albert Donald Hopkins

*No plaque located*

*The list of Liberty Row names shows that this soldier's plaque was placed at "Cedar Ave. to Cont'd (Right)."

Birth: 7/29/1895, Brecksville, OH

Address: 7504 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born; occupation Machinist at National Acme Co. (a Connecticut company that moved to 7500 Stanton Ave. in Cleveland in 1901 and manufactured screw machines and screw machine products)

Appearance: Height 5'10", Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair dark

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/28/1918; Private

Service Number: 2432334

Deployment: 6/13/1918 from Philadelphia, PA aboard SS City of Gloucester

Action: 11 Co 3 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to ---; 308 Btry Trench Arty to death. Pvt. Meuse-Argonne. AEF June 13/18 to death. 

Death: October 23, 1918 (2-3 weeks before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918) at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in Meuse, France; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 8/6/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 2/27/1922; 3/19/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 3/29/1922; 4/11/1922 remains shipped to Cleveland, OH arriving 4/14/1922 to the care of David I. Jones, Undertaker, 9226 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH; 4/18/1922 final burial at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Section 3 Lot 3 Tier 2 Grave 12; 5/22/1929 mother applied for a government-issued headstone

Next of Kin: Mrs. William Hopkins, mother, 12704 Christine Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: William W. Hopkins (1867-1952), born Ohio, occupation Teamster in 1900, occupation Streetcar Motorman per later records; Mother: Mattie E. Starr (1872-1951), born Ohio, had 6 children. Both parents buried at Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Siblings:  Private Albert Donald Hopkins was the first-born child in his family. Younger siblings were Jessie M. Hopkins Boettner (1899-1992); Jenness G. Hopkins Williams (1899-1972); Harry H. Hopkins (1902-1979); Aleta M. Hopkins Schultz (1904-1975); Gladys I. Hopkins (?-1926)