Jack Joseph KupfererPrivate First ClassB CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV Army of the United States 12 July 1947 - 19 January 1968 Terre Haute, Indiana Panel 34E Line 078 |
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The database page for Jack Joseph Kupferer
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Jack was killed in action in an ambush near Tay Ninh. He was hit while saving another man. He received the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and a Gallantry Cross with Palm and RVN National Order medals from South Vietnam. The photo below was taken at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where Jack did his basic training, about 6 months before he was killed.
From his wife,
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 19 Jan 1968 elements of B Company, 1/5th Infantry, were escorting a convoy through the Ben Cui Rubber Plantation when an APC was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Two men died in the explosion; the third was shot to death while trying to pull the wounded driver from the APC. The three men killed in the incident were
REMEMBEREDby their comrades in the 5th Infantry - the Bobcats |
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The point-of-contact for this memorial is his wife, Lisa Kupferer ljkupferer@yahoo.com 13 Jun 2004 |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
Last updated 06/13/2004