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RUSSELL EDWARD HUPE
Private · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – March 13, 1968
Service recordRussell Edward Hupe, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 70 ENG CO
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “70 ENG CO”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 37
- LEWIS MORRISON HAYWARDPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- KOSMAS PETER KAPETANOPOULOSFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- GLEN HERBERT MOSLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KOSMAS PETER KAPETANOPOULOSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 37
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.