War Veterans of Hopedale – History of Hopedale, Massachusetts

War Veterans

If you have any stories you’d like to add here, let me know. Go to the email link on the homepage to send suggestions, requests and comments. This is not intended to be a complete list of Hopedale people who served in the armed forces. It’s a menu with links to articles on most who were killed and a few others for whom I’ve found stories. To see complete lists, at the end of each war below, there is a link to the names on the town website.

* Denotes killed in action or died in service during war.

Revolutionary War

Gen. Alexander Scammell*

Civil War

William F. Draper In many battles – Badly wounded at the Wilderness Letters, 1861 – 1862

Charles Johnson * 54th Massachusetts Infantry – Died in Battle of Fort Wagner

Gilbert Thompson Served as a cartographer. Survived to live an interesting life.

Spanish-American War

Paul T. French * Died on hospital ship, Bay State

For more about Paul T. French see see Linda Hixon’s book, Following the Threads, Buried at Sea: The Story of Paul French, by Nicole O’Connell. pp. 109 – 111.

Li st on town site for the Spanish-American War

World War I

Edward Burnham * Killed in rifle range accident

Kenneth Burnham Letter written in France, to his mother

Davis Gabry * Died of pneumonia (probably flu) in France

Wickliffe P. Draper Gave a talk about his experiences

Paul H. Harris * Died of disease in France

Darrell E. Lindsey * Died while guarding a bridge in Chester, Mass.

Thomas Malloy Rescued his friend

Raymond Alden Piper* Died in plane crash in France after the war

John M. Raymond * Died while guarding a bridge near Warwick, R.I.

Walter Tillotson * Killed in action in France – Legion post named for him

Victory celebration and welcome home banquet

World War I Honor Roll

Hopedale war-related news

List on town site for World War I

For for more about the seven men from Hopedale who died in World War I, see Linda Hixon’s book, Following the Threads, Hopedale’s World War I Sacrifices, by Nicole O’Connell. pp. 113 – 118.

World War II

David Allen Letter from Japan

Frederick Austin * Ship named for him

William Baer * Died in the South Pacific

John Barr * Served in WWI and WWII

Lawrence Barrett Served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam

Robinson Billings * Shot down near Singapore

Arthur Brown Shot down over Germany

Philip Callery – Plane shot down over North Sea, POW

William Caufield, Jr. Visit to a concentration camp.

Leverett Clark * Died when plane crashed in Africa

James Cox* Killed when his B-24 was shot down in the Adriatic area.