Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

B/G Edward J Hopkins

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010

1. B/G Edward J Hopkins Marker

Inscription.

Comm. 1932 2Lt (USA Res), USAAC 1940,
1946 Capt (USAF Reg, S/N 1180A), Ret 1965

42nd Bomb Wg, 17th Bomb Gp,
Pentagon, JTF Eniwetok, 3rd AF,
AMC, AF Fin Cen, AFLC, and SAC

Presented in honor of their father’s service
Edward D. Hopkins, USAFA 1960,
331 FIS, 526 FIS
Robert S. Hopkins, USAFA 1962,
555 TFS, 417 TFS

Erected by Edward D. Hopkins and Robert S. Hopkins.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1932.

Location. 39° 46.778′ N, 84° 6.757′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial Wall #2, 004) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 13th “Jungle” Air Force (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 49C (here, next to this marker); The EC-47 ARDF Mission

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(here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 48-C (here, next to this marker); 9th Photo Recon Squadron (here, next to this marker); Marvin T. Koerner, P.E. (here, next to this marker); Col Charles (Chuck) E. Minihan, Sr. (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . .
1. Brigadier General Edward J Hopkins. (Submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. NMUSAF Memorial Park Diagram. (Submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 535 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on April 20, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.