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EDWARD JOSEPH DUPERE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 12, 1936 – February 23, 1969
Service recordEdward Joseph Dupere, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 29 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 96
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 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.