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NEWTON LEE TAPP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1949 – March 31, 1970
Service recordNewton Lee Tapp, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 64
- JOHN SCOTT SPOHNPrivate First Class · March 31, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY WILLSSergeant · March 31, 1970
- BOBBY LEE BARKERCorporal · April 1, 1970
- BENJAMIN V CHILDRESS JRStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS BURRIERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 62
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 62
- DANIEL KAYE KOHLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
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.