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JACK JOSEPH KUPFERER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJack Joseph Kupferer, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 78
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 74
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.