Indianapolis, Indiana
February 1, 1945
Private James A. Monday, husband of Wilma Monday, was killed Jan. 13 in Belgium where he fought with an armored tank division of the Third Army. A former employe of the Real Silk Hosier Mills, Inc., he had been overseas since last September and in the Army since February, 1944. Survivors besides the widow are five young children, Howard, Jimmie, Doris Mae, Anna Elizabeth and Edna Fae Monday; two half sisters five half brothers and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Jophlin who reared him.
Transcribed by GenealogyGirl
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James Arthur Monday II was the son of James Arthur Monday and Laura Ethel Shafer.
โ James was listed as MIA in World War II, they did not find his body until well after the war was over. He was brought back to Indianapolis and is buried in New Crown Cemetery at the feet of his half sister, Luella Pearl Hopwood Mobley. (My Grandmother)
โ There was a ceremony at the time of his burial and his family was awarded the purple heart on his behalf.
โ I found this in a history of the 774th Tank Battalion who participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
โ On 13 January, in the course of an extremely difficult mission of flushing the enemy from the Bois De Ronce, during which General Models' CP was taken, two enemy soldiers came forward with upraised hands. As they approached, and upon closer inspection they were found to be shielding a bazooka team. The commander of our forward tank fired one round of HE into the group, annihilating the bazooka team.
โ The 774th, in the Ardennes battle, assisted the 83d Division in the capture of the following Belgium towns: Bihain, Petit-Langlir, Langlher, Honyelez, Longechamps, Bovigny and Courth. During their stay on the line they opposed elements of eight enemy divisions: the 2d, 9th, 130, 116 Pz Divs, 2d SS Pz divisions, 12th and 560th Volksgrenadier.
Indianapolis, Indiana
February 1, 1945
Private James A. Monday, husband of Wilma Monday, was killed Jan. 13 in Belgium where he fought with an armored tank division of the Third Army. A former employe of the Real Silk Hosier Mills, Inc., he had been overseas since last September and in the Army since February, 1944. Survivors besides the widow are five young children, Howard, Jimmie, Doris Mae, Anna Elizabeth and Edna Fae Monday; two half sisters five half brothers and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Jophlin who reared him.
Transcribed by GenealogyGirl
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James Arthur Monday II was the son of James Arthur Monday and Laura Ethel Shafer.
โ James was listed as MIA in World War II, they did not find his body until well after the war was over. He was brought back to Indianapolis and is buried in New Crown Cemetery at the feet of his half sister, Luella Pearl Hopwood Mobley. (My Grandmother)
โ There was a ceremony at the time of his burial and his family was awarded the purple heart on his behalf.
โ I found this in a history of the 774th Tank Battalion who participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
โ On 13 January, in the course of an extremely difficult mission of flushing the enemy from the Bois De Ronce, during which General Models' CP was taken, two enemy soldiers came forward with upraised hands. As they approached, and upon closer inspection they were found to be shielding a bazooka team. The commander of our forward tank fired one round of HE into the group, annihilating the bazooka team.
โ The 774th, in the Ardennes battle, assisted the 83d Division in the capture of the following Belgium towns: Bihain, Petit-Langlir, Langlher, Honyelez, Longechamps, Bovigny and Courth. During their stay on the line they opposed elements of eight enemy divisions: the 2d, 9th, 130, 116 Pz Divs, 2d SS Pz divisions, 12th and 560th Volksgrenadier.
Family Members
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Warren Newton Hopwood
1911–1978
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Albert Leroy "Red" Hopwood
1913–1988
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Vonda Opal Hopwood
1915–1917
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Harold Wilson Hopwood
1916–1991
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Luella Pearl Hopwood Mobley
1918–1945
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Fannie Gertrude Hopwood
1921–1921
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Ernest Everett Hopwood
1922–1979
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Peggy Ellen Jane Hopwood Ogle
1926–1990
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Louis Edward Hopwood
1928–1973
