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ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 6, 1938 – August 10, 1966
Service recordErnest Pepper Gulledge JR, of Yazoo City, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Yazoo City, Mississippi (Yazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 122
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- JOHN ALLEN HEIKASergeant · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE ACHICASergeant · Panel 9E, Line 121
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 122
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 122
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 124
From Yazoo City
- PETER BROWN COOK JRCorporal · October 6, 1967
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
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.