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JACOB FRANCIS STEPAN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 12, 1939 – March 10, 1967
Service recordJacob Francis Stepan, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Surveillance Officer (9309)
- Born
- July 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 55
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- CALVIN PERRY WHITESergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 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.