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JOHN ANTHONY LAPOLLA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – April 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Lapolla, of Frankfort, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 88
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Frankfort, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 88
- WILLIE BREWSTER JACOBSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK JONESPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH JUNGER JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE OSWALD KELLER JRSergeant · April 15, 1969
From Frankfort
- WILLIAM KEITH MARCINPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DAVISCorporal · June 27, 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.