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JAMES RANDALL COPELAND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – January 25, 1969
Service recordJames Randall Copeland, of Rockmart, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 74
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockmart, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 74
- JOE ROSCOE BOSWELLStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- ANIBAL SYLVIA CABRAL JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- SANFORD CLOSE JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LYNN MEADEPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 77
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 78
From Rockmart
- THOMAS LEROY FORBESMaster Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- ANTHONY ODELL STRINGERPetty Officer Third Class · March 1, 1968
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · September 8, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE HARPER JRSpecialist Five · December 29, 1969
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 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.