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JOHN CLEMENT MAPE
Commander · U.S. Navy
September 24, 1925 – April 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Clement Mape, of Dublin, California, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 112
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
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- September 24, 1925
- Home of record
- Dublin, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 112
- JIMMY RAY WOLFESpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- DENNIS GUY HARMONPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- DAVID DARRIN HIGDON JRPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- DONALD LEE SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1966
From Dublin
- WILLIAM ANDREW RUDDANPrivate · October 18, 1969
- CLEMMIE BROWN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 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.