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HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – November 9, 1966
Service recordHardy Wesley Stebbins JR, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 48
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · November 9, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- PATRICK THOMAS MCDERMOTTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 48
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 48
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.