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DONALD CLEMENT HOPEWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1949 – December 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Clement Hopewell, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 73
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 73
- ROGER LEE HENSONSpecialist Five · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD HENTSCHELLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- TED DELANE HOLLIMAN JRCorporal · December 27, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.