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FREDDIE LESLIE TAPPER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 8, 1941 – September 29, 1970
Service recordFreddie Leslie Tapper, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 29, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 101
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Sonar Technician (ST)
- Born
- January 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 101
- JAMES AARON F ROBERTS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1970
- HARRY EUGENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1970
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.