The Wall › Panel 57E › Missouri › Leo Franklin Rupert
LEO FRANKLIN RUPERT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1940 – May 9, 1968
Service recordLeo Franklin Rupert, of Newburg, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Newburg, Missouri (Phelps County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 32
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · May 9, 1968
- JOHN MILLARD SCHNEIDERSergeant · May 9, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHEPARDCaptain · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 14
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 16
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 18
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 28
- RAMON RODRIGUEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 31
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSENDSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 34
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Newburg
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1970
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.