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FRANCIS DAVID LUPO
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 11, 1942 – March 6, 1971
Service recordFrancis David Lupo, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 6, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- December 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 28
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT LUKESpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.