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ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRobert Porter Sheppard, of Lebanon, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, New Jersey (Hunterdon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 128
- GARY PHILIP RADERSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- LENNY MAURICE TIPPETSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELLStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 122
- LAWRENCE JOHN HERMAN IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 124
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 127
From Lebanon
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1967
- FREDERICK Y HOLJESSecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1968
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.