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JEFFREY DAVID RUPP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJeffrey David Rupp, of Bay Village, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 29
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Bay Village, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 29
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- TERRY CLEO SIMISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- VICTOR ARLON SMITHCaptain · January 17, 1969
- CURTIS FRANCIS THORNTONLance Corporal · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 21
- KENNETH WILLIAM MEASELLSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
From Bay Village
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
- TIMOTHY RICHARD PTACEKCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 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.