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ERIC R KOEPPEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordEric R Koeppen, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 15
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 15
- JIMMY LEE GOLDENPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- GEORGE W HAMILTON JRSergeant · July 11, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- JOHN JAY MICHELSPetty Officer Third Class · July 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · Panel 52W, Line 14
- KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONGCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 16
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.