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THOMAS ELLIOTT COPP
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 29, 1945 – February 13, 1970
Service recordThomas Elliott Copp, of Northridge, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 13, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Northridge, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 5
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- ROSS ERLE HARDTSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- RONALD LEE HAUGStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1970
- LAWRENCE WAYNE YOCHUMSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
From Northridge
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- PETER LAUST JAKOBSENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 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.