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WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1938 – May 10, 1966
Service recordWillie Jerome Peppers JR, of Fairmont, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Fairmont, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 46
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- LEROY WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- DAVID COLLIER WILLS JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1966
From Fairmont
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- BOBBY RAY JONESPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 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.