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JAMES HOWARD HEPPLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – August 31, 1970
Service recordJames Howard Heppler, of Needham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Needham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 27
- CHARLES HOWARD GRAY JRSergeant First Class · August 31, 1970
- CHARLES PHILLIP HUTTONSergeant · August 31, 1970
- HARRY CHARLES INMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1970
- FREDERICK RUSSELL KILLMONCorporal · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 26
- CHARLES PHILLIP HUTTONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 27
- GARY RAYMOND METZCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 28
From Needham
- JAMES FREDERICK HILTZStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1963
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEYSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS BOUCHETPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
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.