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EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1942 – April 4, 1969
Service recordEdward Arthur Hopkins, of Edmonds, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Edmonds, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 10
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GILMORECorporal · April 4, 1969
- IVEY JACKSON HAYESCorporal · April 4, 1969
- KENNETH BRADLEY JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1969
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HAROLD FLOODSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 8
- WALTER WILLIAM CHASECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 9
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 10
From Edmonds
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · December 6, 1966
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- MILES EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · June 21, 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.