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STEPHEN RAY LOPEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1950 – May 11, 1969
Service recordStephen Ray Lopeman, of Port Townsend, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Port Townsend, Washington (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 51
- JOHN HOLMES LINNPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- LONZIA RAY MOOREPrivate · May 11, 1969
- R C MYERSSergeant · May 11, 1969
From Port Townsend
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- JOHN EVERETT PADDOCKLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCMAHONPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHCorporal · April 3, 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.