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STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1950 – September 12, 1969
Service recordStephan Lee Hargrave, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 75
- JAMES STANLEY BRISTERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES HUDSONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · September 12, 1969
- BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ANTHONY DESANTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 74
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 75
- RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 76
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.