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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Warren Orison Knepper JR.

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WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 14, 1942 – June 24, 1966

Service record

Warren Orison Knepper JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 86

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
October 14, 1942
Home of record
Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 24, 1966
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 86

Same unit, same day

From Tucson

All 107 names from Tucson →

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.