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GEORGE FRANCIS LAPAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 23, 1934 – January 16, 1969
Service recordGeorge Francis Lapan, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 15
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Easthampton, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 15
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- DAVID LEE HOLDREDGEPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · Panel 34W, Line 13
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 14
- PAUL ROBERT DEWSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 14
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 15
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 16
From Easthampton
- JOHN J RABIDEAUPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- BRUCE WILLIAM MONSKAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · January 7, 1969
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · February 11, 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.