United States of America
Captain Vesa Juhani Alakulppi served in the U.S. Army. Vesa served with the 199 LIGHT INF BDE. Vesa served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Vesa was 27 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Blast injury
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Gia Dinh
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Army
51203: Tank Unit Commander (Nuclear Qual)
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST, TANK UNIT COMMANDER
GIA DINH
1968
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
For valor
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park
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Vesa Juhani Alakulppi
Captain
U.S. Army
- 1968
3rd Infantry Regiment
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