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WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1943 – June 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam Douglas Hopson, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 15
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- RICK LEE KNIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1966
- PAUL PATRICK PENNINGTONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 13
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 14
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 14
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
From Hampton
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.