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DONALD ARTHUR LAPES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1945 – July 18, 1969
Service recordDonald Arthur Lapes, of Hempstead, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 15
- JOHN SPAULDING KRAABELLance Corporal · July 18, 1969
- ROGER DALE LAWSONPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- JOHN PAUL MADDENCorporal · July 18, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MARTINOSpecialist Four · July 18, 1969
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
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.