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STEPHEN BRUCE BOEHNE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – March 13, 1970
Service recordStephen Bruce Boehne, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 122
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 122
- ROBERT HENRY GOOSENSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- LARRY DON KNIPPELStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1970
- FLOYD BARNEY LOCKHART JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1970
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.