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DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTH
Private · U.S. Army
June 8, 1949 – June 20, 1970
Service recordDennis M Stoppleworth, of Middleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 75
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Middleton, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 75
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
- BURDER SMITH ATHEY IIISpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK CURTIS BRANTLEYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 71
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRIEMEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 72
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 74
From Middleton
- RONALD RICHARD REINKEPetty Officer Third Class · September 6, 1967
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT KINKWarrant Officer 1 · August 3, 1969
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.