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ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 11, 1931 – February 6, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Hopkins, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1931
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 6
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 5
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.