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STEVEN JAY POPKIN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 31, 1938 – February 28, 1968
Service recordSteven Jay Popkin, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1938
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong 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 41E, Line 71
- JOSEPH BION PHILIPSON JRCaptain · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD PLATTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM PIERCE RAUBACHSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1968
- STACEY DANA REECESpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEUS EVERETTE DELAIGLESergeant · Panel 41E, Line 62
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 63
- TERRY ALAN GILBERTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- RAY G JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41E, Line 67
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.