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STEPHEN BABULJAK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – December 4, 1968
Service recordStephen Babuljak, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 37
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 37
- TERRANCE LEE MERCKESergeant · December 3, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BALESFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1968
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 38
- JAMES EDWARD JONESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 40
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- RICHARD EDMUND NITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 42
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 44
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.