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DANIEL EUGENE HOPPER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1948 – October 28, 1967
Service recordDaniel Eugene Hopper, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 91
- ELMER EDWARD ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · October 28, 1967
- TEDDY LEE HISAW JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDISMajor · October 28, 1967
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 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.