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JACK WOLPE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1942 – August 3, 1967
Service recordJack Wolpe, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 75
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV FMF
- Born
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 75
- IGNACIO ESPINOSA SABLANLance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- EDWIN FRANCIS UPRIGHTSergeant · August 3, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- JOHN DUDLEY WILEYCaptain · August 3, 1967
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.