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JAMES CLAIRE KOPSENG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordJames Claire Kopseng, of Harvey, North Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Harvey, North Dakota (Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALAN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GERALD RICHARD HWANGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- DAVID BRENNAN SCHACHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 11
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.