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DAVID WILLIAM COPPERNOLL
Captain · U.S. Army
July 4, 1943 – January 8, 1970
Service recordDavid William Coppernoll, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 11
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Psychological Operations Officer (9305)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 4, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1970
- GALE W BUTCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
- WILLIAM L CAMPBELL JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE MICHAEL COLESecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 12
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.