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MARSHALL LANDIS TAPP
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 22, 1926 – May 15, 1966
Service recordMarshall Landis Tapp, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 15, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 63
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1045Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 ACS
- Born
- September 22, 1926
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 15, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 63
- ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELONStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- JAMES ELLIS WILLIAMSChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM JENSENColonel · Panel 7E, Line 61
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 62
- KENNETH DEWEY MCKENNEYSenior Master Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 62
- JAMES ARTHUR PRESTONChief Master Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 62
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · Panel 7E, Line 63
- JAMES ELLIS WILLIAMSChief Master Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 63
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.