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MARION NEAL TAPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – July 12, 1968
Service recordMarion Neal Tapp, of Port Deposit, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 20
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Deposit, Maryland (Cecil County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 20
- WILLIAM JEROME MATHEWSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1968
- CLIFFORD HENRY SCHECKStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMPSONCorporal · July 12, 1968
- DAVID CULLEN TOMLINSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY KENNETH CORLEWWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52W, Line 18
- DAVID CULLEN TOMLINSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52W, Line 20
From Port Deposit
- GREGORY SCOTT COPENHAVERLance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.