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WILLIAM ALAN KUPREVICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1945 – December 20, 1966
Service recordWilliam Alan Kuprevich, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 64
- PEDRO HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS LUCASCaptain · December 20, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.