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JOHN FREDERICK PEPIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – August 13, 1971
Service recordJohn Frederick Pepin, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 131
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 131
- LAWRENCE BARBE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1971
- MARK HASKIN EATONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM KOTEWA JRSergeant · August 14, 1971
- HAYWOOD RODGERSSergeant · August 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE BARBE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 131
From Escanaba
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN MORASFireman · December 4, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
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.