Jack was the son of Charles K. Hopkins and Thelma L. Hopkins of Ypsilanti MI and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 9 1963 in Detroit MI. In Vietnam he was serving with Battery K, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On February 27, Cpl Hopkins was driving a 3/4 Ton Truck carry students of the 12th Marines FO (Forward Observer) Schools OP (Out Post) detonated a mine near the Huong Thuy, Phu Loc District border three kilometers southwest of Highway 1. Seven students were wounded , the driver, Cpl Hopkins was also wounded and evacuated to the NSA Hospital in DaNang where he died of the injuries he had sustained.
On February 27, Cpl Hopkins was driving a 3/4 Ton Truck carry students of the 12th Marines FO (Forward Observer) Schools OP (Out Post) detonated a mine near the Huong Thuy, Phu Loc District border three kilometers southwest of Highway 1. Seven students were wounded , the driver, Cpl Hopkins was also wounded and evacuated to the NSA Hospital in DaNang where he died of the injuries he had sustained.
Jack was the son of Charles K. Hopkins and Thelma L. Hopkins of Ypsilanti MI and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 9 1963 in Detroit MI. In Vietnam he was serving with Battery K, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On February 27, Cpl Hopkins was driving a 3/4 Ton Truck carry students of the 12th Marines FO (Forward Observer) Schools OP (Out Post) detonated a mine near the Huong Thuy, Phu Loc District border three kilometers southwest of Highway 1. Seven students were wounded , the driver, Cpl Hopkins was also wounded and evacuated to the NSA Hospital in DaNang where he died of the injuries he had sustained.
On February 27, Cpl Hopkins was driving a 3/4 Ton Truck carry students of the 12th Marines FO (Forward Observer) Schools OP (Out Post) detonated a mine near the Huong Thuy, Phu Loc District border three kilometers southwest of Highway 1. Seven students were wounded , the driver, Cpl Hopkins was also wounded and evacuated to the NSA Hospital in DaNang where he died of the injuries he had sustained.
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