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MICHAEL EUGENE HOPPERS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1949 – May 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Hoppers, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 3
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 3
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- DANNY HOSKINSCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HERMAN JACKSONCorporal · May 25, 1968
- BARTON WENDELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.