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LEE ALLEN STEDMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 7, 1951 – April 19, 1970
Service recordLee Allen Stedman, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 26
- FREDDIE THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.