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DENNY RAY LAPPIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1944 – August 12, 1969
Service recordDenny Ray Lappin, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 17
- KENNEY EARL LASSITERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES LINDER JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN MORRISON MAHONEYSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 8
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
- STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOWCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 24
- MILLARD PRESTON WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.