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BARRY ALAN COPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1946 – October 28, 1968
Service recordBarry Alan Copp, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 51
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- KENNETH ARNOL STONEBRAKERLieutenant Colonel · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY STROVENCaptain · October 28, 1968
- DONALD FREDERICK STURGEONSpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE EVANSCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 48
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.