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ARTHUR C JEPSON JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 26, 1932 – May 16, 1965
Service recordArthur C Jepson JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; 26 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 118
- CHARLES NATHANIEL FOXCaptain · May 16, 1965
- VERNON LEE HAYNESCaptain · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM DONALD HICKSSenior Master Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- DAVID LEE HUBBARD JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 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
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 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.