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CHARLES WILLIAM EPPERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordCharles William Epperson, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 41
- HARRY MATHIAS BECKERSergeant · August 1, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- DONALD LE ROY CARLSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM FERNANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.