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STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERS
Captain · U.S. Army
March 14, 1940 – January 19, 1967
Service recordStephen Andrew Childers, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 52
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.