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JACK MAYNARD HOPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1944 – March 2, 1966
Service recordJack Maynard Hopkins, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 95
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- CARLOS RANDALL HATCHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 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.