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LAWRENCE COPPEDGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – June 10, 1969
Service recordLawrence Coppedge, of Montclair, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 15
- ROGER ALAN PARRISHFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- ANDREW PARTIDAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- EMIDIO PASQUALUCCIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SHAKLEYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
From Montclair
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 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.