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STEPHEN ALLEN ALTSCHAFFL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 2, 1951 – January 19, 1971
Service recordStephen Allen Altschaffl, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 56
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Plattsmouth, Nebraska (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 56
- GLENN RAY ETHINGTONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1971
- JESUS ANTONIO GONZALESPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
- RONALD DUANE ROWSEYSergeant · January 19, 1971
- WILLIAM RUIZ JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1971
From Plattsmouth
- THEODORE JAMES BERLETTSergeant · January 28, 1962
- RONALD EUGENE ADKINSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
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.