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WILLIAM JAMES PAPA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Papa, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Garfield Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 26
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- JOHN H PATE JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 11
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GERALD LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Garfield Heights
- DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- VAN CHAFFEEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCECorporal · September 6, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · September 29, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKIPrivate First Class · February 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.