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RAMON ALLEN COPPLE
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 9, 1930 – October 26, 1966
Service recordRamon Allen Copple, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 108
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chaplain (3702)
- Born
- December 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 108
- NOAH CHANDLER COLLIER JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- RICHARD EARLE DONAHUECommander · October 26, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS DYKESeaman · October 26, 1966
- GEORGE K FARRISCommander · October 26, 1966
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
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.