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EDWARD F YAPSUGA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordEdward F Yapsuga JR, of Northampton, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Northampton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 109
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- MARCELINO VARGAS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- CLIFTON WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
From Northampton
- EDWARD JOSEPH KEGLOVITSSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD KEGLOVITSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
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.