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BOBBY JACK PAPPAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordBobby Jack Pappan, of Derby, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Derby, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 43
- THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- HERMAN PARKER JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JERALD PAUL PERETIATKOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 41
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 44
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Derby
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROGER ALAN LAKINFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- THOMAS LEE SONDERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
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.