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STEPHEN ANTHONY DESANTIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1946 – September 12, 1969
Service recordStephen Anthony Desantis, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 74
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Repair Technician, Rotary Wing Rated (671C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- 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 74
- ROBERT PAUL WIESNETHFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- FREDERICK WILHELMStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1969
- LEO JAMES BROUSSARD JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM COXCaptain · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 75
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 75
- RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 76
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.