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JOHN MICHAEL RUPERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Rupert, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 39E, Line 12
- JERRY LEE ROECaptain · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · February 12, 1968
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 2
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 5
- DENNIS DALE NAGELKIRKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 9
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 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.