Cpl. Adam W. Bopp

Aug. 29, 1986 - Jan. 17, 2009
GOSHEN - Corporal Adam Wayne Bopp, 22, of Ft. Benning, GA, died at 5 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, from injuries received in an auto accident at 2 a.m. on Troup Factory Hill, 10 miles south of LaGrange, GA, near Ft. Benning. He was born Aug. 29, 1986, in Goshen, IN, to Paula K. Bopp and Mark A. Bopp. He was a 2005 graduate of Goshen High School, and had lived in this area until he enlisted in 2006. He was an Army Ranger stationed at Ft. Benning, where he had received basic training and where he'd graduated from Airborne School, the Regimental Indoctrination Program and completed the U.S. Army Ranger School in July 2007. He was a veteran of multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal with valor. He is survived by his mother, Paula K. Bopp of Goshen; his father, Mark A. (Heather) Bopp of Farmington, MI; sister, Jayme L. (Cesar) Santana of Elkhart; stepsister, Taylor Garcelon of Farmington; a stepbrother, James G. Garcelon of Farmington; and by his grandparents, James and Carol Bopp of Goshen. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Wayne and MaryLou Smith. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, with Pastor Ed Arnold of Pine Ridge Bible Church, Goshen, and Army Chaplain Capt. Phillip Kramer officiating. Burial will be at Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, with full military honors. Friend may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Condolences may be sent to yoderculpfuneralhome.com.