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HENRY EUGENE COPLEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1950 – June 13, 1970
Service recordHenry Eugene Copley JR, of Flora, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Flora, Illinois (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 49
- RICHARD WAYNE KUYKENDALLSergeant · June 12, 1970
- LESLIE MILES TATARSKIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS WALTERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1970
- JOHN STEPHENSON WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
From Flora
- DAVID ALLEN WORTHEYCorporal · May 13, 1968
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · September 11, 1970
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.