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JAMES HOPPER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1950 – June 10, 1969
Service recordJames Hopper JR, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 13
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- HOWARD CHARLES HEARDPrivate · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- MYRON DALE KJELLERSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 11
- RICARDO JOSE GOMEZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 12
- JAMES ARTHUR KRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 14
- DAVID WILLIAM WALSHCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 16
- LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
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.