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GERALD LEE HOPPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – August 9, 1967
Service recordGerald Lee Hopper, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 94
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · August 9, 1967
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · August 9, 1967
- HONORIO MORAN FIDEL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · Panel 24E, Line 95
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.