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JOHN WILLIAM LUPU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – September 25, 1969
Service recordJohn William Lupu, of Middlesex, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 7
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Middlesex, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 7
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDMEYERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- DAVID PAUL HENRYStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- DAVID ROLLAND JACKSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1969
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY RAYMOND ESQUIERDOPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 6
From Middlesex
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- DAVID HERBERT ELMANPrivate · March 30, 1966
- WALTER WEISSLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
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.