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STEPHEN BLAKE PEEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – August 7, 1969
Service recordStephen Blake Peel, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 109
- ROBERT FRANKLIN OLSONCaptain · August 7, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS LEROY SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 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.