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WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – July 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Hopkins, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 42
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- VAUGHN LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · July 8, 1968
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 1969
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 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.