United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Lieutenant Bernard Francis Rupinski served in the U.S. Navy. Bernard served aboard VF 102. Bernard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Bernard was 24 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Killed in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1325: Unrestricted Line Officer (Naval Flight Officer)
URL PILOT
EDWARDSVILLE, PA
1972
Pay grade O03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-044884.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Bernard Francis Rupinski
Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
- 1972
Fighter Squadron 102
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