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MARION MARSHALL HOPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1947 – October 4, 1967
Service recordMarion Marshall Hopkins, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 48
- HOWARD MARTIN GERSTELCaptain · October 4, 1967
- WILLIE F GREENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
- RONALD ANDREW MARTINSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
From New Brunswick
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.