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JOHN EDWARD HOPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1943 – July 2, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Hopkins, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 120
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 120
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · July 2, 1966
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 122
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.