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STEPHEN BERNARD CARLIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1944 – January 9, 1969
Service recordStephen Bernard Carlin, of Oceanside, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 58
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Oceanside, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 58
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- DALE ELWYN COLLYERMaster Sergeant · January 9, 1969
From Oceanside
- HAROLD JEFFREY CANANSergeant · September 14, 1967
- PETER ALLAN PENFOLDLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- RONALD VINCENT MAIORANAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HUEFFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
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.