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SCOTT RONDAL COPLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – April 21, 1970
Service recordScott Rondal Coplin, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 30
- RALPH NORTH BRIGHTCorporal · April 21, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN BURNSCorporal · April 21, 1970
- JERRY MARSH CORPPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMMANSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1970
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
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.