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JOHN GAYLORD KOPRIVA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – June 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Gaylord Kopriva, of Traer, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 112
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Traer, Iowa (Tama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 112
- TERENCE ARTHUR HUEBNERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1969
- ROBERT HOLBROOK JOYTechnical Sergeant · June 22, 1969
- EDDIE LEE LOCKLEARPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL LYONSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
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.