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STEPHEN BENJAMIN KIRSCHNER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordStephen Benjamin Kirschner, of Mantua, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Mantua, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 88
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- RICHARD GREGORY LIGHTBOURNESpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- PAUL JOHNSON LIVELYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Mantua
- JAMES ESKEL FORSMANSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT KNELL GILLIESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
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.