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PAUL HENRY STEIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – April 5, 1968
Service recordPaul Henry Stein JR, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 20
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · April 5, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · April 5, 1968
- KENDALL ALBERT STAKESpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER BOBPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- JOHN CHARLES HAVLICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 17
- GARY ARTHUR RHODESSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 19
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
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.