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PHILLIP WRAY ROEPKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1946 – January 8, 1967
Service recordPhillip Wray Roepke, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 128
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 128
- KENNETH R SCHROMPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEEHYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- NED ALEXANDER SOWLELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS J SULLIVANSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.