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EDWARD FRANK HAP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1939 – July 20, 1966
Service recordEdward Frank Hap, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 10, 1939
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 46
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- RONALD MARION FILKINSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.