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JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1941 – July 24, 1966
Service recordJoseph Starns Kopfler III, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 69
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 69
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- NORMAN LAVERN KOOSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
From Kenner
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
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.