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JOHN PATRICK PAPPIN
Constructionman Recruit · U.S. Navy
November 9, 1949 – March 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Patrick Pappin, of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, served as a Constructionman Recruit in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 120
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
- Constructionman Recruit (CR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawhuska, Oklahoma (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 120
- BENITO ANDRADE PONCESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- GARY BERNARD SCULLMajor · March 12, 1970
- GERALD DELMAR SHANORCorporal · March 12, 1970
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · March 12, 1970
From Pawhuska
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY TYNERSergeant · April 15, 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.