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CHARLES RICKY COPE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordCharles Ricky Cope, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 1
- BILLY GENE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JOHNNY JACOB CURETON JRSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- LAWRENCE KENT DOWDLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
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.