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ROBERT PAUL PAPE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1949 – September 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Paul Pape, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 34
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 34
- EDWARD CY MORROWCorporal · September 1, 1970
- ROBERT LEE JAMESLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- MARION DOMINIC LAROSACorporal · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT WILSON ORTIZPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
From Punxsutawney
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD LORRAINE KUNTZSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD FRANTZPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
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.