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THOMAS ALAN GOPP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1947 – August 3, 1967
Service recordThomas Alan Gopp, of New London, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 164 MAG 16 FMF
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- New London, Ohio (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 72
- ZANE AUBRY CARTERTechnical Sergeant · August 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- FRED MICHAEL GARDNERCorporal · August 3, 1967
- ARTHUR HAYWOOD GREENCaptain · August 3, 1967
From New London
- CLAUDE HOWARDSergeant · May 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD WALTONLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
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.