- SURNAME
Sapp
- FORENAME
Stanley Louis
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company A,Det A-103)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
0-5301135
- DATE OF DEATH
4th December 1965
- AGE
36
- GRAVESITE
Llano Cemetery,Amarillo,Randall County,Texas
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Amarillo,Texas
born 29.4.1929 Amarillo,Texas
son of Ury Stanley and Delpha May (nee Throckmorton) Sapp,2307 NW First Street,Amarillo,Texas
husband of Billie (nee Hall) Sapp,2717 Fairfield Street,Amarillo,Texas (4 sons Dalton,Colton,Justin and Weston,1 daughter Robin)
high school student
entered service 1947
service number 14255646
boot camp and basic field artillery training
Battery B,61 Field Artillery 12.3.1947 - 1950 (Pvt - Cpl)
Battery A,337 Field Artillery 1950-52 (Cpl)
non active duty 31.10.1952 - 15.4.1953
Battery B,13 Field Artillery Bn (3rd Armored Division) 1953-57 (SSgt - SFC 14255646)
awarded Army Commendation Medal for Korea 1953-54 (SFC)
ROTC instructor,University of Alabama (2Lt Reserves 8.4.1957)
Battery B,2 Rocket/Howitzer Bn,73 Artillery 1957-62 (SFC - 1st Lt)
First Lieutenant 1962
HQ Battery + Battery B,6/27 Field Artillery 1962-64 (1Lt)
HQ Special Warfare Center 1964 (1Lt - Captain)
7 SF Group (Company D) 1964 (Cap)
3 SF Group (Company A + HQ Company)) 1964 (Cap)
3 SF Group (Companies A + C) 1964-65 (Cap)
awarded oak leaf cluster to Army Commendation Medal for Nigeria 1965
5 SF Group (Company A) 1965 (Cap)
awarded Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with palm
KIA Gia Vuc,Quang Ngai Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 03E Line 124
Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Dallas,Texas
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