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DAVID LEE COPELAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – October 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Copeland, of Dudley, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Dudley, Georgia (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 22
- MONROE FRANKSCorporal · October 1, 1969
- HENRY WAYNE GARRETTStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN KEBERLINELance Corporal · October 1, 1969
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.