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KEVIN EDWARD VERPAULT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordKevin Edward Verpault, of Wyandanch, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyandanch, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; four 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 40E, Line 35
- JIMMY DALE WINCHESTERStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- ARKIE JUNIOR WRIGHTSergeant · February 19, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ANDREWSLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 17
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 19
- JAMES LEE FELTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 20
- ADRIAN EDWARD SIGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Wyandanch
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMANPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · September 27, 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.