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DAVID G LUPIEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – February 24, 1968
Service recordDavid G Lupien, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- 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
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 11
- JOHN C MARTINFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- JOSEPH MCCLOYNSpecialist Five · February 24, 1968
- MAX ALVIN NELSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ROTHERYLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WILLIAM ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 6
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 7
- FELIPE CANTU JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 7
- ARTHUR CRESPINSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 7
- WALTER DANIEL FAITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 8
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 8
- FRANK JESSE WOLFECorporal · Panel 41E, Line 9
- CARL J REIDStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 12
- JIMMIE DALE WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 14
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 15
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.