Dennis M. Stoppleworth
Private
B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Middleton, Wisconsin
June 08, 1949 to June 20, 1970
DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTH is on the Wall at Panel W9, Line 75

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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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