Joseph LEO Hopta
Born: at New Brunswick, New Jersey
Home Town: Newark, New Jersey
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Marine Corps
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Leo Hopta, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 55th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Vierzy, France, July 18, 1918. Private Hopta captured an enemy machine gun and its crew single-handed under a heavy concentrated machine-gun fire.
Navy Cross
World War I
U.S. Marine Corps
The Navy Cross is presented to Joseph Leo Hopta, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 55th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Vierzy, France, July 18, 1918. Private Hopta captured an enemy machine gun and its crew single-handed under a heavy concentrated machine-gun fire.