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PAUL ROBERT HOPKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – August 17, 1969
Service recordPaul Robert Hopkins, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 54
- FRANK A FRANGELLASergeant First Class · August 17, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH GEESpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
- CHALMERS CLAUDE HUMPHREYSMaster Sergeant · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 53
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 53
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 55
- JAYSON FRED ULRICHSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.