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KENNETH KEITH EPLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – April 28, 1969
Service recordKenneth Keith Epley, of Satellite Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 70
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
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Satellite Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 70
- JOHN RICHARD EARLEYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- FREDERIC RICHARD HARBOTSergeant · April 28, 1969
- JOSEPH FELDER HARTLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
From Satellite Beach
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
- JOHN CARL VAUGHNCaptain · June 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 1972
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.