HONORED ON PANEL 5E, LINE 22 OF THE WALL
GARY DOUGLAS HOPPS
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GARY D HOPPS
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5E/22
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LEFT FOR GARY DOUGLAS HOPPS
POSTED ON 8.28.2024
POSTED BY: ANON
On your birthday
Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
PWO-MIA...Never Forget
PWO-MIA...Never Forget
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POSTED ON 10.27.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Your Distinguished Flying Cross attests to your courage and devotion to our country. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after the passage of so many years.
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POSTED ON 2.15.2020
POSTED BY: A Grateful Vietnam Vet
Distinguished Flying Cross Award
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The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Gary Douglas Hopps,
United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (VA-145), embarked in U.S.S. RANGER (CVA-61), during a reprisal attack against a vital North Vietnamese communications link consisting of a highway bridge and an overpass over a road junction, on 10 February 1966. As a member of a three-plane flight, Lieutenant Hopps carried out bold and aggressive attacks in the face of intense enemy anti-aircraft fire, scoring direct hits on the bridge with his two 500-pound bombs and direct hits on the overpass and road junction with the remainder of his bombs. Lieutenant Hopps' aircraft was last seen enveloped in enemy anti-aircraft fire, after which it crashed and disintegrated on impact in the immediate vicinity of the target area. Through his determined and heroic efforts, he contributed materially to the effort of the United States in the Vietnam conflict at the cost of his life.
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Gary Douglas Hopps,
United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Pilot in Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (VA-145), embarked in U.S.S. RANGER (CVA-61), during a reprisal attack against a vital North Vietnamese communications link consisting of a highway bridge and an overpass over a road junction, on 10 February 1966. As a member of a three-plane flight, Lieutenant Hopps carried out bold and aggressive attacks in the face of intense enemy anti-aircraft fire, scoring direct hits on the bridge with his two 500-pound bombs and direct hits on the overpass and road junction with the remainder of his bombs. Lieutenant Hopps' aircraft was last seen enveloped in enemy anti-aircraft fire, after which it crashed and disintegrated on impact in the immediate vicinity of the target area. Through his determined and heroic efforts, he contributed materially to the effort of the United States in the Vietnam conflict at the cost of his life.
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POSTED ON 7.14.2019
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Lt Gary Hopps, Thank you for your service as an Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot, from the USS RANGER. You are still MIA. Please come home. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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