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WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEPPER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1943 – August 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Franklin Pepper, of Oxford, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 9
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
- May 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Oxford, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 9
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ROBERT SIDNEY ROBERSON JRSergeant · August 30, 1968
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · August 30, 1968
From Oxford
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
- JOHN LESLIE WEHRSergeant · February 9, 1969
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.