Anthony Edward Kupka
Second Lieutenant
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PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Falmouth, MA
Date of birth: 02/20/1946
MILITARY DATA
Service: United States Marine Corps
Grade at loss: O1
Rank: Second Lieutenant
ID No: 0106322
MOS: 0301: Basic Infantry Officer
Length Service: 03
Unit: E CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 03/16/1969
Incident Date: 04/16/1969
Casualty Date: 04/16/1969
Age at Loss: 23
Location: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KupkaAE01a.htm
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A Note from The Virtual WallRecon Team NAIL BRUSH was inserted onto Hill 146, some 5 kilometers west-southwest of An Hoa, on 02 Apr 1967 with orders to establish a long-term observation post to monitor NVA/VC infiltration from the mountains to the west. Originally expected to extract on 13 May, NAIL BRUSH was extended.
The NAIL BRUSH post-patrol report contains the following entry for 16 April:
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The 1st Recon Bn SITREP for 16 April reports that one of the wounded died during or immediately after evacuation, changing the toll to 3 dead, 6 wounded. The three Marines killed by the boobytraps were
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