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RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – April 30, 1969
Service recordRaymond John Krupinski, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 85
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 85
- CARL EDWARD KLEINAUSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN LAWRENCELance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- SAMUEL D LOVETTECorporal · April 30, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 81
- MICHAEL DAVID ERHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 83
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 84
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 85
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.