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ANTHONY GEORGE SHEPLER JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1945 – February 15, 1966
Service recordAnthony George Shepler JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 39
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.