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JAMES WAYNE MULTHAUPT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – March 29, 1968
Service recordJames Wayne Multhaupt, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 3
- DONALD B MCCOIGWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1968
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · March 29, 1968
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · March 29, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ALAN ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 61
- KENDAL ROBERT KRUSESergeant · Panel 47E, Line 1
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.