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BEN OGILVIE SHEPPARD JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 8, 1948 – August 12, 1972
Service recordBen Ogilvie Sheppard JR, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 12, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 65
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Born
- January 8, 1948
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; 13 of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 65
- PHILIP HUGH STEVENSSergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
- RAY EDWIN TANNEHILLMaster Sergeant · August 12, 1972
- JERRY DUANE VANCEMajor · August 12, 1972
- TIMMIE JOE WARDCaptain · August 12, 1972
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 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.