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STEPHEN BLANN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1945 – February 16, 1969
Service recordStephen Blann, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 42
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 42
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL CASEY JRLance Corporal · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY COONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- ROBERT DUNBARPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.