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RICHARD WALTER KULPA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – March 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Walter Kulpa, of Utica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 14
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDRICK MAYSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
- DOUGLAS FRED MENARDHospitalman · March 2, 1969
- MARIO JUAN MENDIASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEROY STRITTMATERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 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.