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GARY CURTIS CUPPLES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1946 – June 1, 1967
Service recordGary Curtis Cupples, of Marion, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Marion, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 26
- CHARLES CALVIN BURNSLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM G COATSMajor · June 1, 1967
- ISAAC ANDREW DIEZ JRLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID DUNLAP JRPrivate · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 29
From Marion
- RICHARD WILLIAM PERRYSergeant · September 19, 1966
- CLARENCE VARNADOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- PHILLIP RALPH HARDINLance Corporal · May 6, 1970
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.