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STANLEY SMITH COPE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – October 27, 1966
Service recordStanley Smith Cope JR, of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Sellersville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 118
- RAY ELBERT DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1966
- EMMANUEL LLOYD EATONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- TERRY LEE GRUBEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
From Sellersville
- RANDALL WHIT MOOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 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.