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Armand
Hopkins
POW (WWII)
1901-08-20

–

1989-10-24

Born:

, 

Ohio

Armand Hopkins graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1925. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Korea)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Armand Hopkins (ASN: 0-16083), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.