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LON MICHAEL HOLUPKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – July 10, 1969
Service recordLon Michael Holupko, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 93
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HARROWLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ALTON HYMANSergeant · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- RICHARD HARRY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 96
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.