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GUY BERNARD EPHLAND JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1942 – May 27, 1968
Service recordGuy Bernard Ephland JR, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- October 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 65W, Line 6
- JAMES LONEL CUMMINGSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- ALFREDO DAVILAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS ELLISLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BALLINGERMajor · Panel 65W, Line 4
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 11
- KENNETH RAY RUCKERSergeant · Panel 65W, Line 14
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.