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VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordVincent Lloyd Shepersky, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Park Rapids, Minnesota (Hubbard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 45
- JACKY EUGENE LANDERSSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE LEWISCorporal · August 15, 1969
From Park Rapids
- DONALD CARL GREENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
- GARY LEE REHNCorporal · November 9, 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.