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GEORGE EPPINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1946 – November 21, 1966
Service recordGeorge Eppinger, of South River, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 99
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- South River, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 99
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JASPER RAY CONWAYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL DALTONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JASPER RAY CONWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 99
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 106
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 108
From South River
- RONALD WYATTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- AARON GEORGE GLYNNCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ANDREW IVAN JRMajor · May 30, 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.