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CLINTON HURANSO EPPS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1938 – August 1, 1971
Service recordClinton Huranso Epps, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 2, 1938
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 120
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- WILLIAM JONATHAN BRADFORDWarrant Officer 1 · August 1, 1971
- WILLIAM CARROLL HINESSergeant · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 120
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 121
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.