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RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCIC
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1942 – April 6, 1965
Service recordRaymond Ellsworth Rupcic, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- January 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 101
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- CLARENCE LLOYD JONESSpecialist Four · April 6, 1965
From Lorain
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- PAUL JUNIOR MYERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
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.