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DENNIS KARL HOPPOUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1947 – July 16, 1969
Service recordDennis Karl Hoppough, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 9
- ELWIN EARL SINGLETONSpecialist Five · July 16, 1969
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- ROBERT D ANDRADESergeant First Class · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.