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STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 3, 1950 – July 15, 1971
Service recordStephen Andrew Bednar, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 107
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenville, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 107
- MICHAEL WATKINSPrivate · July 12, 1971
- ROY DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · July 13, 1971
- WILLIAM RANDALL ROBISONSpecialist Four · July 14, 1971
- HOWARD JOHN BECKER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD JOHN BECKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 107
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 108
From Greenville
- PAUL WILLIAM BUSHFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- JOHN HENRY LOPOCHONSKY JRSpecialist Four · July 17, 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.