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GEORGE WILLIAM PEPE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – September 10, 1969
Service recordGeorge William Pepe, of East Granby, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 65
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- East Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 65
- PETER THOMAS LUNDBERGWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · September 10, 1969
- DAVID SCOTT SELDONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY SMITHSpecialist Four · September 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER THOMAS LUNDBERGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 65
- DONALD EUGENE STEPPSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 66
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · Panel 18W, Line 66
From East Granby
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
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.