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IRVIN JAMES HOPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1941 – September 30, 1966
Service recordIrvin James Hopkins, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 30
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE COTNEYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 30
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 31
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.