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RICHARD ANTHONY CHOPPA
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – December 15, 1967
Service recordRichard Anthony Choppa, of Hubbard, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Hubbard, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 96
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- OSCAR AGUAYO JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- WALTER LEE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 97
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 98
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- DAVID PRESTON JEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 99
- RONALD LAVERN KLAUSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 99
- JAMES JOSEPH KOPRIVNIKARPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 99
- ANTHONY N LAPARDOSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- ROBERT LEVINESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 1
- EDWARD MICHAEL LOONEYSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- WAYNE DAVID RYZASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 2
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 2
- JOHN EDWARD MOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 2
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 4
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 4
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 5
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 5
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 6
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 6
From Hubbard
- GEORGE ALLEN HUBBARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 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.