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ALVIN HOPKINS JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1923 – July 31, 1966
Service recordAlvin Hopkins JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1923
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 91
- LEONARD JEROME BIBBSSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS HOCKCorporal · July 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 90
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 92
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.