Raymond T. HOEPPNER

HOEPPNER, DAVIES, RUSSELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/21/2007 at 12:42:55

January 9, 1931 --- February 4, 1951

Raymond Hoeppner Killed in Korea February 4

Word was received Tuesday from the War department that Raymond Hoeppner, 19, of Clarion, had been killed in action in Korea Feb. 4. He is the first Wright county man to lose his life in the Korean war. Raymond was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoeppner who until Monday lived at the Ernest Martin farm north of Clarion where Mr. Hoeppner was employed. They had left Monday for Sac City where Mr. Hoeppner has employment. A member of the reserve after being honorably discharged from the army, Raymond was called back into service in late September, 1950. He had been married on Sept. 12 to Jeanine Davies, daughter of Mrs. Mac Russell of Clarion. The last letter from Raymond had been mailed Jan. 21. In the letter he said that he was going to Pusan shortly. From these facts it was determined that he could not have been at the front very long. The Hoeppner family lived in the Ft. Dodge vicinity before coming to Clarion a year ago.

February 22, 1951
Wright County Monitor - Clarion, Iowa

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Private First Class Hoeppner was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 4, 1951. Private First Class Hoeppner was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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