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WALTER JOHN CHRUPCALA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 28, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordWalter John Chrupcala, of Palmyra, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSA DANANG
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmyra, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 3
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CORRYSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- BENJAMIN STEPHEN FORDHAMFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
From Palmyra
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD HUBBSCommander · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANNLance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · March 10, 1971
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.