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PAUL JOSEPH KAPPMEYER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1944 – August 20, 1966
Service recordPaul Joseph Kappmeyer, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 August 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 21
- LAMARR FISHERPrivate · August 20, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JOHN LAMUEL HYMESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1966
- THOMAS TARO KASAIPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.