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FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1943 – August 20, 1968
Service recordFrederick Howard Tappan, of Mountain View, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 13
- ROBERT STEPHAN STRAUSSSergeant · August 20, 1968
- EUGENE SANFORD TINNINWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- PEDRO ANGEL VERAPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 6
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 6
- JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 9
- ROBERT WALLACE LAISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 10
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 11
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 12
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 12
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
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.