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ERNEST BRYAN CUPP
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1947 – April 5, 1967
Service recordErnest Bryan Cupp, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 103
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JIMMIE LOUIS ELLERBEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- RONALD JAMES FITCHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MANNINGPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
From Hanceville
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
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.