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MELVIN EUGENE CHLOUPEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordMelvin Eugene Chloupek, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk (71A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 41E, Line 60
- ROBERT EDWARD CALDWELLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- RONALD S H CHRISTMANLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR JAMES BROSSMANMaster Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 59
- CLARENCE HENRY BURDETTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 64
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JOSEPH BION PHILIPSON JRCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
- WILLIAM PIERCE RAUBACHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 71
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 73
- JIMMIE LESTER TODDMaster Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 1
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.