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ROBERT COPELAND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1945 – December 14, 1966
Service recordRobert Copeland, of Berkeley, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Berkeley, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BRINKCorporal · December 14, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD DAULTONPetty Officer Third Class · December 14, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HENDERSONSergeant · December 14, 1966
From Berkeley
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · November 4, 1967
- PAUL MITCHELL WILLISPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- SCOTT GARY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.