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STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1952 – September 27, 1970
Service recordSteven Harold Krupkin, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1952
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 96
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · September 27, 1970
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 95
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 97
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · 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.