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STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1945 – February 12, 1969
Service recordStephen Adams Shortall, of Westport, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 23
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Westport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 23
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
From Westport
- MICHAEL BRADLEY PAQUINStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL BARMMERLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK M RADER IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- FRANCIS ANTHONY WALSH JRMajor · December 21, 1972
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.