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REDLICK SIMS KOPPEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – September 8, 1968
Service recordRedlick Sims Koppel, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD GLEGGLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM PHILLIP HARWOODWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
- LARRY FRANK HORSLEYSergeant · September 8, 1968
- ELLIS EDWARD LAIRSergeant · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM PHILLIP HARWOODWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 3
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.