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JON CHARLES SAPP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1943 – April 19, 1970
Service recordJon Charles Sapp, of Ottawa, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 25
- RICHARD LEE MCMINNSergeant · April 19, 1970
- GLENN THOMAS RIDLEYSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JERRY LEROY RISINGERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
From Ottawa
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · March 11, 1969
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 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.