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JOSEPH RUBEN KARPY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – May 4, 1969
Service recordJoseph Ruben Karpy, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 112
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HOUSEHOLDERStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 111
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- RICHARD DONALD SWEETPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 2
From Canonsburg
- CHARLES H RICHARDS JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- ALFRED C SPRINGFIELD JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN MCPHERSONLance Corporal · April 30, 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.