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JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1944 – February 28, 1971
Service recordJohn Walter Kupkowski, of Blasdell, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Blasdell, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 11
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · February 28, 1971
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · February 28, 1971
- LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
- HOWARD SIDNEY LAMBSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 12
From Blasdell
- ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESESpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
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.