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ROBERT E HOPKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1945 – February 4, 1968
Service recordRobert E Hopkins, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 23
- ROBERT WALKER HUBBARDCaptain · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST LINWOOD JACOBS JRCorporal · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- YAZZIE B TEN HUSKIESpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL THOMAS CLASSENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 20
- YAZZIE B TEN HUSKIESpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 23
- GARRY FRANK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 24
From Willimantic
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JRLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.