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STEPHEN BURL GEURIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordStephen Burl Geurin, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 86
- PHILLIP D GARDNERCorporal · June 6, 1969
- DANIEL ARTHUR GATTOPrivate · June 6, 1969
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HULAN BARBEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 82
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 88
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DANNY LYNN PARKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 92
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.