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LARRY JAMES PEPPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1949 – January 31, 1971
Service recordLarry James Pepper, of Jeffersonville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Jeffersonville, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 70
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN SISKCaptain · January 30, 1971
- JOHNNY CLARENCE SPEARSLance Corporal · January 30, 1971
- JOHNNY EARL TIVISCorporal · January 30, 1971
- PATRICK G CARTWRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1971
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.