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RICHARD EDWARD STEPHAN
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
October 7, 1931 – August 31, 1960
Service recordRichard Edward Stephan, of Pennington, New Jersey, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 31, 1960, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Born
- October 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Pennington, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1960
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1960. In August 1960, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 17
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- DONALD BONNEY TOTHCaptain · January 11, 1963
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
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.