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ROBERT M SHUPTRINE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 21, 1951 – October 25, 1970
Service recordRobert M Shuptrine, of Loreauville, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Loreauville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 22
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- PETER PAUL BOHNWAGNERSergeant · October 26, 1970
- JOSEPH BORRUSO JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1970
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.