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MYLON RAY HOPKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordMylon Ray Hopkins, of Mauldin, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Mauldin, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 21
- JACK LEONARD HAGERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE HICKSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GEORGE MICHELSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 24
From Mauldin
- RONALD WILLIAM HARRILLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODSCorporal · February 25, 1971
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.