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STEPHEN CHARLES NAHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1951 – September 12, 1970
Service recordStephen Charles Naher, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 59
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1970
- WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- FERRELL EUGENE MEALER JRSergeant · September 12, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEVON MARDIC ENMANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 57
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 58
- LEONARD J KOWALSKI JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 58
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · Panel 7W, Line 58
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.