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PATRICK BEVERLY EPPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordPatrick Beverly Epps, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 64
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
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; ten of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 64
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1968
- RAYMOND MICHAEL ENCZISpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- DONALD FRANK FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 61
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 63
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 40W, Line 63
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 64
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
- ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.