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STEPHEN CARL HARRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1946 – July 3, 1969
Service recordStephen Carl Harrell, of Sunland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Sunland, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 52
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY HOLLEY IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DUANE RICHARD KEILSergeant · July 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KELLYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP THOMAS IVESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 51
- FRANK LOUIS KOBORSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 53
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 53
From Sunland
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- THOMAS FRANK PRESBYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · September 16, 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.