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GEORGE HENRY HEPPEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – May 21, 1967
Service recordGeorge Henry Heppen JR, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 595 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 74
- DAVID ALAN HARALDSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RONALD MORRIS HAYESPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DAVID HERMAN HOLLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.