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WILLIAM BARTON HEPBURN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1947 – August 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Barton Hepburn, of Lewiston, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Idaho (Nez Perce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 31
- RAYFON LOFTONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- PETER QUILICI JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
From Lewiston
- RODERICK LEWIS MAYERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1965
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLAN SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BOGGESSSergeant · December 29, 1968
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.