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MICHAEL KARPIAK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – December 8, 1967
Service recordMichael Karpiak JR, of Richeyville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Richeyville, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 65
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- LARRY JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- VICTOR ALLEN MAZITIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
From Richeyville
- MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SRMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1969
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.