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ROE HOPSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1948 – June 1, 1970
Service recordRoe Hopson JR, of Milo, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Milo, Kentucky (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 130
- ROBERT MICHAEL FITZGERALDMajor · June 1, 1970
- WILBER DALE FRAHMPetty Officer First Class · June 1, 1970
- KEITH ARTHUR HELDCorporal · June 1, 1970
- JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1970
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.