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LARRY ROY STEPHAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1945 – May 1, 1967
Service recordLarry Roy Stephan, of Glendale, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 8
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 8
- ROBERT LEE MCCAMBLECorporal · May 1, 1967
- DUWAYNE SOULIERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JUDE DESSELLESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 4
- HERBERT L FARRINGTON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 4
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 7
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.