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RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – February 4, 1968
Service recordRussell Edward Kephart, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 24
- LARRY DOUGLAS KINGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- BRUCE NEAL KNOXCorporal · February 4, 1968
- GARRY FRANK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL LINNASpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ADLERMaster Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 17
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 17
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 19
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 20
- RONALD CLARK FIELDSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 21
- AUGUST HENRY GENZLERCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 21
- CHARLES HERBERT GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 22
- BRUCE NEAL KNOXCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 24
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 25
- CURTIS RAY PATTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 26
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 27
- LEON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 27
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 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.