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CHESTER LEE HOPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordChester Lee Hopkins, of West Paris, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- West Paris, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 96
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HUSKSergeant · May 12, 1967
- JOHN WENDELL JACKSONCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
From West Paris
- LEON LOVELL POLAND JRPrivate · March 26, 1967
- HOLLIS WINFIELD BUCKStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1968
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.