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RICHARD ERNEST DOPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – June 29, 1969
Service recordRichard Ernest Dopp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 32
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 1969
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN MURRAY HORNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 33
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 34
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 35
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.