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DAVID ALEN LAPE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 28, 1944 – November 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Alen Lape, of Cordova, Alaska, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 164 AVN GRP
- Born
- September 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 97
- ROBERT LYNDON GRAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 27, 1967
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES ISRAEL KINGLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
From Cordova
- DAVID HENRY ELISOVSKYSergeant · January 23, 1966
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 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.