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ROY ALLEN EPPERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – November 29, 1969
Service recordRoy Allen Epperson, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 4
- JAMES MICHAEL GARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · November 29, 1969
- HENRY NICHOLAS HEIDE IISpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- JERRY EDWARD KEKELStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM LUNSFORD JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 6
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.