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VESA JUHANI ALAKULPPI
Captain · U.S. Army
April 23, 1941 – May 14, 1968
Service recordVesa Juhani Alakulppi, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Tank Unit Commander (51203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 7
- RICHARD DALE WOODCorporal · May 13, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WORTHEYCorporal · May 13, 1968
- STEVEN DALE ZUCROFFCorporal · May 13, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
- JAMES ROBERT RINGELSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 16
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.