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DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – September 28, 1970
Service recordDavid Michael Hopkins, of Ravenswood, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Ravenswood, West Virginia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 98
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BURCH HERNSergeant · September 28, 1970
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JOSE MUNOZ JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BURCH HERNSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 98
From Ravenswood
- ROMEY EARL HUGHART JRCorporal · August 11, 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.