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STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – May 4, 1970
Service recordStephen Bradford Emery, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 95
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 95
- LEON GARNETT JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES FREDRICK HOPKINSAirman First Class · May 4, 1970
- GEORGE ELLERY HUSSEYMajor · May 4, 1970
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD RIMMERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 94
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · Panel 11W, Line 96
From Winchester
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 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.