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PHILIP JON STEMPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordPhilip Jon Stemper, of Lockport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Repairer (45G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 75
- KLAUS DIETER SCHLIEBENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- DAVID JEROME SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- VINTURE SCIARRETTISpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHN LEE SMITHCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 67
- DAVID HENRY LASSENSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 70
- VENTER BLYTHE NOEL VANDESpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
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.