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HUGH DANIEL OPPERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1950 – January 22, 1971
Service recordHugh Daniel Opperman, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 61
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 61
- GREGORY LEE PEFFERSergeant · January 22, 1971
- MICHAEL HARRIS PETTYSergeant · January 22, 1971
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHOSSOWSergeant · January 22, 1971
- WILLIAM HERMAN SEABORN JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 60
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 60
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.