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PERRY BERNARD HOPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1950 – October 30, 1969
Service recordPerry Bernard Hopkins, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 5
- CONRAD JACK WHEELERWarrant Officer 1 · October 29, 1969
- MAURY WILLIAM HEARNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH KOPKEStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 5
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 6
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 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.