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BENJAMIN LEE HOOPENGARNER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – December 7, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Lee Hoopengarner JR, of Fraser, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 56
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Fraser, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 56
- RICHARD FLAMOND HARRISPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- HERMAN CLYDE HARRISON JRSergeant · December 7, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS KEAGPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- WALTER CLARENCE LEEPrivate · December 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KARL PETER DENCYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 55
From Fraser
- THOMAS ALLEN LANEPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- LEONARD MICHAEL ACKERMANSeaman · March 20, 1970
- LARRY RUSSELL BUSICKPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
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.