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EUGENE COPELAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordEugene Copeland, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 64
- JOSEPH FREDERICK BAUER JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER BROWSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JOSEPH KENNETH CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.