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FREDERICK JOSEPH KRUPINSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1945 – July 28, 1968
Service recordFrederick Joseph Krupinski, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 24
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 24
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RAY GLENWOOD HAWKPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.