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JERRY DON COPELAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – March 14, 1970
Service recordJerry Don Copeland, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 126
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 126
- JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEONCorporal · March 14, 1970
- DANA ALLEN DILLEYCaptain · March 14, 1970
- CECIL LEE DOBSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM KOLBStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 126
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.