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GERALD ALLEN LUPAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1945 – July 19, 1967
Service recordGerald Allen Lupas, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 93
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
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.