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STEPHEN CHAVIRA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 10, 1943 – May 28, 1971
Service recordStephen Chavira, of Wasco, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 57
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Wasco, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- JOSEPH DAVID ESPARZASpecialist Four · May 28, 1971
- DONALD ROBERT MATHISSergeant · May 28, 1971
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · May 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT MATHISSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 57
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 57
From Wasco
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- JERRY GORESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALESergeant · December 1, 1969
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 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.