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JOSEPH CHARLES LUPO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 18, 1943 – August 26, 1967
Service recordJoseph Charles Lupo, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 47
- WILLIAM OTIS FULLERMajor · August 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREEN JRCorporal · August 26, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD KEGLOVITSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 48
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.