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JOHN MARTIN KEPPLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – September 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Martin Keppler, of Gardena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 75
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 75
- NORMAN DOYAL GROVESpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- JOHN LESTER HINESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1967
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 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.