Dennis M Stoppleworth

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12 Sep 2006 The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo! No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. - Theodore O'Hara - From a friend, John Richgels skyrichjl@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Operations Log for 20 June 1970 identifies Private Stoppleworth by name and describes his death in following entry: "0915 - B Co ... One aircraft was at flight idle in the pick-up zone when subject individual [Stoppleworth] ran out of the wood line directly into the main rotor blade. Body is being taken to B Med at FSB Buttons." The accident occurred just within Cambodia about 14 kilometers west-northwest of Djamap Airfield, or about 33 kilometers north of Phuoc Binh (aka Song Be).

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 12 Sep 2006
Last updated 08/10/2009