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WILLIAM EDWARD HOPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Hopkins, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 68
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
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 68
- RICHARD BERT BRUCESpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DALE LEON EISAMANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MARGARITO FERNANDEZ JRSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.