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ELEFTHERIOS PANTEL PAPPAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1943 – October 31, 1966
Service recordEleftherios Pantel Pappas, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 2
- TED T LOCKLARSergeant · October 31, 1966
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 132
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.