Mape Memorial Park - Dublin, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 42.386 W 121° 56.357
10S E 593498 N 4173774
A veterans plaque in a park.
Waymark Code: WMGREH
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2013
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MAPE MEMORIAL PARK
COMMANDER JOHN “JACK” CLEMENT MAPE USN, WAS DUBLIN’S FIRST CASUALTY OF THE
VIETNAM WAR. A 40-YEAR OLD FATHER OF SEVEN, MAPE LIVED IN DUBLIN AND WAS STATIONED
IN ALAMEDA, CA. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SQUADRON VA-52 OF THE USS TICONDEROGA IN
SEPTEMBER, 1965. AS COMMANDER, MAPE LED THE VA-52 ON A MISSION OVER HANOI. ON
THAT DAY, APRIL 13, 1966, HIS PLANE WAS HIT BY A SAM MISSLE. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.
JACK MAPE WAS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO, ONE OF DUBLIN’S FINEST.
DEDICATED AUGUST 23, 1997
BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AND
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER, E CLAMPUS VITUS
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