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STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1946 – May 14, 1966
Service recordStanley John Kopcinski, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 59
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 59
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · May 14, 1966
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.