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ARTHUR PERRY COPELAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordArthur Perry Copeland, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 35
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- MITCHELL JEROME DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.