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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Joseph Dupell JR.

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ROBERT JOSEPH DUPELL JR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 30, 1949 – February 6, 1970

Service record

Robert Joseph Dupell JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 107

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
March 30, 1949
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 6, 1970
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 107

Same unit, same day

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.