GREEN BERETS Krupa, Frederick (Fred)

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Krupa
  • FORENAME
Frederick (Fred)
  • UNIT
5 SF Group (Exploitation Company A,Task Force Advisory Element 2) (MACV-SOG-CCC)
  • RANK
Captain
  • NUMBER
199383660​
  • DATE OF DEATH
27th April 1971
  • AGE
23
  • GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Scranton,Pennsylvania
born 2.9.1947 Scranton,Pennsylvania
son of John Michael and Ursula (nee Jaeger) Krupa,1016 Moosie Street,Scranton,Pennsylvania
single
graduated Scranton Preparatory School
entered service 25.6.1965 Wilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania
graduated Airborne School
graduated OCS,Fort Benning,Georgia
7th Cavalry (Company D,5 Bn) 1968
WIA 21.2.1968 near Hue,South Vietnam
award Silver Star with 7 Cavalry 1968 (1st Lt)
MACV-SOG 1969-71
awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V,Bronze Star,Air Medal
MIA when shot and fell from UH-1H helicopter Kontum Province,South Vietnam
body not recovered
declared dead 6.9.1978 as Major
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery,Annville,Lebanon County,Pennsylvania Section MA Site 4 (memorial marker)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 03W Line 14
 

DATE OF DEATH:

27-Apr-1971
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