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ROBERT GRANTHAN LAPHAM
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 18, 1927 – February 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Granthan Lapham, of Marshall, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 8, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 1 14 AIR CMDO WG
- Born
- February 18, 1927
- Home of record
- Marshall, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 32
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- HOWARD W LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES LEWERCorporal · February 8, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD LOPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
From Marshall
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMPPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GALE LYNN BARNESPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- RAYMOND H CRULLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.