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KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1946 – October 31, 1967
Service recordKenneth William Tappe JR, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 106
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD STALNAKERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- JOHN CLIFTON STEERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- SCOTT LOUIS THIRYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
From Floral Park
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH STAHLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
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.