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ROBERT JOE COPE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1947 – April 19, 1967
Service recordRobert Joe Cope, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 48
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 48
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- HARRY LEE ECCARDStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- GILBERT EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JOHN SMITH HAMILTONColonel · April 19, 1967
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
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.