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THOMAS ROGER KEPPEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1945 – July 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Roger Keppen, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 36
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- PAUL KINARD JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- PATRICK DANIEL KOPPPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.