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HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1942 – January 17, 1967
Service recordHerschel Lee Epps JR, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JAMES ESSARYSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- EDWARD RALPH GLENN JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 43
- DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 44
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 45
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 46
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.