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STEPHEN CRAIG BRIESE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – August 8, 1970
Service recordStephen Craig Briese, of Correctionville, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Correctionville, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 92
- THEODORE C KAPPMEYERCorporal · August 7, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM MACNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- STEVEN MICHAEL WADEPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 95
- PONDEXTUER E WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 96
From Correctionville
- PHILIP LOU BAKERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
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.