RT New Hampshire 1-0 Fred Krupa moments before hitting a truck convoy in Laos and snatching a POW in a combined operation with John Plaster’s RT California.
On 27 April 1971, CPT Krupa went missing in the Plei Trap Valley while leading a company of Hatchet Force raiders into a hot LZ. His slick was raked by enemy fire as it flared on short-final and he fell after being hit. The insertion package was driven off and although a Bright Light effort was mounted, Fred was never found.