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WILLIAM C DELAPP III
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
December 29, 1928 – March 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam C Delapp III, of Pacific Palisades, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 53
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police Officer (9110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 97 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1928
- Home of record
- Pacific Palisades, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phu Yen Province 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 43E, Line 53
- GUY LEE EISENHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY FULLERCorporal · March 8, 1968
- RICHARD GALLAGHERLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
From Pacific Palisades
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERGPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND FIELDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
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.