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GARY ROBERT SHEPPERDSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1946 – September 30, 1968
Service recordGary Robert Shepperdson, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 50
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 50
- JOHN JAMES QUICKCorporal · September 30, 1968
- FREDERICK PAUL RHOADESCorporal · September 30, 1968
- HARRISON BENJAMIN SHAUGERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
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.