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WILLIAM E COPELAND II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – March 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam E Copeland II, of Eskridge, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 47
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
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Eskridge, Kansas (Wabaunsee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 47
- AL JUNIOUS CHATTINPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- CHARLES HARMONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- ANTONIO QUICHOCHO SABLANSergeant First Class · March 25, 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.