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GEORGE HERMAN COPPAGE III
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – May 15, 1968
Service recordGeorge Herman Coppage III, of Wyoming, Delaware, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 21
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 21
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FRANCISCO DIAZPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 26
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.