Albert Donald Hopkins

Birth: 7/29/1895, Brecksville, Ohio

Address: 7504 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Machinist at National Acme Company, Cleveland, OH (National Acme Company was established in Cleveland in 1901 and became one of the largest machine tool manufacturers in the U.S. A new plant that was built in 1916 at E. 131st St. and Coit Rd. closed in the 1990's. It sat abandoned and decaying on its 15-acre site until 2025 when cleanup operations began to ready it for redevelopment.)

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 Glasgow

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 (less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918) at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: WWI burial card not found; final burial 4/18/1922 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 3 Section 3 Tier 2 Grave 12. In 1929, his mother applied for a government-issued headstone.

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

Additional Information: Private Albert Donald Hopkins was the first-born child in his family. The family was living in Brecksville, OH in 1900 and in Cleveland by 1910. 

Father: William Hopkins (1867-1952), born Ohio, occupation in 1900 Teamster, occupation in 1910 Motorman on Street Railway, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH ; Mother: Ella Nettie "Mattie" Starr Hopkins (1872-1951), born Ohio, had six children, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Jenness Gertrude Hopkins Williams (1899-1972), twin of sister Jessie; Jessie May Hopkins Boettner (1899-1992), twin of sister Jenness; Harry Henry Hopkins (1901-1979); Aleta Marion Hopkins Schultz (1904-1975); Gladys Irene Hopkins (1906-1926). Most of the Hopkins family was buried at Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH.