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JAMES HARRISON HOPKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordJames Harrison Hopkins, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GERALD RAY HILLStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE ROBERT GARCIACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 63
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
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.