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ANTHONY EDWARD KUPKA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1946 – April 16, 1969
Service recordAnthony Edward Kupka, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 95
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Falmouth, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 95
- JOHNNIE WAYNE JOHNSENLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- JOHN EDWIN LEWISMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD LEXLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- LARRY ALAN SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1969
From Falmouth
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- BERNARD EDWARD STJEANCorporal · December 21, 1966
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBRECHTPetty Officer First Class · August 2, 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.