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HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – July 22, 1967
Service recordHeinz Arnold Tapio, of Sun Valley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airborne Sensor Specialist (26E)
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sun Valley, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 108
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM SAMPSON WHITECorporal · July 22, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR BARRETT IIFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN BEHRNSLance Corporal · July 23, 1967
From Sun Valley
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- STEVEN LARRY OSTROFFSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD BROWNCaptain · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES RAMSEYSergeant · February 18, 1968
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.