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ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1949 – October 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Sheppard JR, of Millville, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Millville, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 48
- MICHAEL KAY KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN NORTONLieutenant (junior grade) · October 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT WALLACECorporal · October 7, 1969
- LOUIS BASIL ALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
From Millville
- DONALD KENNEBUNK SPRINGSTEADAHTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- SALUM EDWARD CHARD JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 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.