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STEVEN GILL EPPERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – February 21, 1970
Service recordSteven Gill Epperson, of El Dorado, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 41
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 41
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- JAMES CLINTON DEFRANCOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- LON DOUGHERTY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GRADY WILKESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 42
From El Dorado
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- CURTIS RICHARD BAKERLieutenant · March 28, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- JAMES SHEPPARD MORGANColonel · November 10, 1967
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTTSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.