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ALVIE WAYNE GAPP
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 8, 1930 – June 7, 1967
Service recordAlvie Wayne Gapp, of Salem, South Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Salem, South Dakota (Mccook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 67
- EDWARD FRANCIS FURLONG JRCorporal · June 7, 1967
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DOYLE LEE HARRISCorporal · June 7, 1967
From Salem
- RUSSELL WILLIAM KAYSERCorporal · January 6, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.