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FREDERICK KRUPA
Major · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – April 27, 1971
Service recordFrederick Krupa, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 27, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 14
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 27, 1971
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 14
- DAVID BEAVERS WOODFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1971
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- RICHARD ALLEN LIKELYCorporal · April 27, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD LOCKEStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1971
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.