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MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1950 – February 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Wayne Hopkins, of Wise, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Wise, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 51
- ERNEST LYKURGUS BROWN JRChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES NEWMANLieutenant Colonel · February 24, 1970
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
From Wise
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- MARVIN LEON WYATTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.