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RONALD FRANK HOPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – January 8, 1970
Service recordRonald Frank Hopkins, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 13
- TERRY EUGENE GORSLENEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · January 8, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES JUSTICELance Corporal · January 8, 1970
- KENNETH THOMAS KLEPPINSpecialist Five · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 12
- JOHN MICHAEL RICESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 15
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 16
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 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.