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RICHARD DIDACUS KRUPA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1942 – August 29, 1969
Service recordRichard Didacus Krupa, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 7
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- LOUIS VINCENT HERMANN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MAURERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- DOYLE ANTHONY MORRISCorporal · August 29, 1969
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 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.