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BILL JAKE DUPREE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 12, 1922 – April 27, 1969
Service recordBill Jake Dupree, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1922
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 62
- ALAN BRIAN DENHOFFSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM WAYNE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- ROBERT ELVIN HOYCaptain · April 27, 1969
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
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.