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RICHARD MAYNARD EPPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1937 – March 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Maynard Epps, of Chance, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Chance, Virginia (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 48
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALLSergeant · March 25, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM ELMORECorporal · March 25, 1966
- THOMAS KEITH KINGPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 49
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 49
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.