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JOHN CARL KOPACSKA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1945 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Carl Kopacska, of Beechhurst, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Beechhurst, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 61
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- GARY HAROLD KREHCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES ERVIN LAKEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- LARRY MILTON LANGANPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Beechhurst
- EDWARD STEPHEN KRUKOWSKICaptain · October 24, 1964
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.