United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Earl Pearson Hopper Jr.
1943 – 1968
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Lieutenant Colonel Earl Pearson Hopper Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force. Earl served with the 13 TFS. Earl served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Earl was 24 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115R: Pilot, Tactical Fighter, Pilot Systems Operator, (F-4 Phantom II) (Rear Seat Operator or Guy in Back)
PILOT
PHOENIX, AZ
1982
Pay grade O05.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
For valor
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
Section
58
Grave
727
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Earl Pearson Hopper Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1982
13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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