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ROBERT WILLIAM CUPP
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRobert William Cupp, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 27
- FRANK ALLOYSIUS CONDONSergeant First Class · June 6, 1968
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- STEVEN FRANCIS DOLIM JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD PACKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 10
- LOUIS GEORGE RHOADESCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 12
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.