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JOHN FRANCIS KAPP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Kapp, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 8
- STEVEN LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- HAROLD LEE JONESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK DANIEL KANSIKLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
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.