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STEPHEN BOYD OWEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – June 16, 1968
Service recordStephen Boyd Owen, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 7
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- JOSEPH PRESTON JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- GERALD ADAM SZYSZPUTOWSKISergeant · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEEVERNE RICHARD ACHOEPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- ALAN RAY DUKECorporal · Panel 56W, Line 2
- NED TURNER DYBVIGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 2
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- CHARLES V VASQUEZ JRCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 10
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 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.