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LONNIE SHEPPARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1948 – June 6, 1968
Service recordLonnie Sheppard JR, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 14
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCHAUBLECorporal · June 6, 1968
- WALTER LEE SEAWRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- PETER MERRILL SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM SHIPLEYSergeant · June 6, 1968
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.