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RICHARD RUDOLPH KAPSHA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1951 – November 6, 1971
Service recordRichard Rudolph Kapsha, of Glassport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Glassport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 63
- ROLIN JAMES CROSBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1971
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
From Glassport
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILLStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- VALENTINE JOHN SYNKOWSKILance Corporal · May 15, 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.