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WILLIAM EDWARD SAPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1943 – June 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Sapp, of Ludowici, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Ludowici, Georgia (Long County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 27
- MICHAEL EDWARD RAINSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROCKEFELLERHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW SCARPINATOLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN SHELLEYCorporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK EDWARD BELCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 19
- PHILL GENE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 26
From Ludowici
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · June 3, 1967
- THOMAS GALE GAINESLance Corporal · February 11, 1968
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · April 8, 1970
- JOHN DARVIN BELLStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.