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ROY ROBERT LAPISH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1918 – March 4, 1967
Service recordRoy Robert Lapish, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1918
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 48
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 17
- DWIGHT LEE HACKWORTHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- WALTER VINCENT HULINGSCorporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- RUSSELL CARL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
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.