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ROGER LEE EPLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1943 – November 11, 1966
Service recordRoger Lee Epley, of Lancaster, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 54
- GROVER LEE DICKSONCorporal · November 11, 1966
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VERNON BERNARD TODDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 57
- CHARLES ELMER WHITEFIELDSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 57
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.