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PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordPaul Norman Kupchinskas, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 40
- EDWARD ATKUCUNASLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE LARKINSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- PAUL DAVID MANNEROWLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROY JAMES MROSEWSKEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 36
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 42
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 43
- ROY STEPHEN THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 44
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.