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EDWARD STANLEY KOPIK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – June 1, 1966
Service recordEdward Stanley Kopik, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 130
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 130
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- HAROLD JACOB ZOOKLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM BAYLESSergeant · June 1, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.